Borrowing Patterns

[AtticaFish]

I stumbled across this site today:

HillBrandTackle

Lots of interesting patterns i may have to try - and some look curiously similar to ones i have seen here. Maybe we do have a few 'lurkers' that are taking notes. First place i have ever seen the Roo pattern outside of THIS site. JC is ahead of the curve. :icon14:

They are all cool, but the Kype, Moorlock and Wooly Nymph are really impressive.

 

[Fatman]

Thanks for the link Attica!!! Definate copy on some of those

 

[CrappieHappy]

nice, post em up fellas...

 

[Ron Don]

I too am diggin that kype one!

 

[Fatman]

Double clicking on those pics will bring up really large photo's - they have alot of rubber skirting material in them.

 

[smalljaw]

I made a jig a couple months ago with a spun deer hair collar like some of those. I'm see a few I like myself but lack the material and know how to copy.

 

[Pup]

Those are very interesting ties. Many are along the lines of the old Jack Crawford style of jigs in my opinion. The jigs look very well tied and labor intensive too. The latter is reflected in their pricing. Good for them. :icon14:

I wonder about the eyes behind some of the jig heads...maybe eyed dumbbells surrounded by spun deer hair? :huh: Looks like they've added other hair between the dumbbell and jig head on many of the ties by means of a dubbing loop, which is something I've yet to try. However, this reminds me that my dubbing instruction is waiting in the wings.

Thanks for posting this link AF.

 

[redear]

they are nice jigs, but I like the original rock a roo head for that jig better, of course we call it the redman around here, that head he is using is the shape of the old pinkie head, which is great but it doesn't have as much weight for it's size as the redman, and with the amount of material he is using, it could take a week to reach bottom in 20 foot of water. lol just being picky I know.

 

[StumpHunter]

Interesting site. If only you could get those prices.

 

[AtticaFish]

For some of the work in those jigs - stacked and trimmed hair with fat feather, articulated tails, strategically placed silicone legs, some have glued eyes, with what i assume are premium hooks - i would demand $8 if not MORE for that work. Got to take some time.

Pup - I think you are right that they used some type of hourglass eyes tied to the shank - Spirit
River has some fancy ones and those could be it. When i first looked at them, i was thinking they were epoxied on like i have seen many EP flies and stacked poppers.

Redear - Not sure what effect the head would have on how they are fished...... since i have neither styles. haha. But - i do like the ribbed look they give the body and the little flash of red floss they added to the thread neck.

 

[StumpHunter]

I finally got to see the jigs better, been working on the hardwood floors and couldn't use the computer.
There are a lot of work put into each of his jigs. Very nice work on all them.

 

[smalljaw]

I'm not sold that the eyes are dumbells with a 3D eye stuck to the outside. I think they are on the hair, the reason I think that is a lot of fly tiers that like using deer and elk hair like making these big head flies that they put an eye on over the hair and now Loon make a UV cure fly finish that a guy told me it really strong and once you use it to secure an eye you'll need a knife to cut it off as you can't pull it off. Now I take statements like that with a grain of salt but it appears there are a lot of guys using this stuff for sticking eyes on hair sio it may very well be just the eye.