Buckeye & Black Neon

[Pup]

Wanted some heavier jigs to sling with a bait caster. Had some older offset 1/4-oz. ball heads with #1 bronze hooks sitting around collecting dust. So, I decided to work with some paints that I'd mixed a long time ago.



I call those "Buckeye" jigs à la Ohio State University's school colors of scarlet and gray. Used a mix of fine red glitter, matte black and white powder paints.

The following jigs are of the "Black Neon" color pattern which features black as the primary color, highlighted by red. It's one of my favorite colors for bass fishing dingy to muddy waters.



I twisted a strand of red krystal flash into the black chenille to provide flecks within the body. Unfortunately, the flash is barely apparent in the photo. Next time, I'll use more strands.

The marabou jigs pictured will be the largest ones that I've ever fished.

 

[Pepop]

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[Fatman]

Nice ties Pup

 

[StumpHunter]

Awesome tyes!! I can see the flash in the last jigs very well, looks great wrapped in the body.

 

[Squeakyboatcaptain]

Sweet ties Pup!!

 

[Jig Man]

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[smalljaw]

Killer color combos, I love the red and gray together, but black neon is my favorite river color!!! Excellent execution on the style as always Pup!!!!!!!

 

[AtticaFish]

Black/red is on my top list for the river also. Found the color worked so well by chance too. Those would make excellent substitutes for some of the solid tubes i used to throw in my river. :bigfish:

...It's one of my favorite colors for bass fishing dingy to muddy waters...

...but black neon is my favorite river color!!!...

 

[CrappieHappy]

Nice work Pup!

 

[redman]

Nice ties Pup. This last season the Black and Red threadneck kiptail jig was the hot new? pattern on our lake. I have been using them for a while but the locals just got on to them. Guess that us Jigcraft Members are just ahead of the curve.

I like the Ohio State jig also. Would work well here in the fall when the big shad move into the river and the crappie go on a fall feeding frenzy.

Redman

 

[Pup]

Thank you for your comments Everyone.

It's been fun to experiment with the colors and different body styles. I finally tried twisting chenille like AtticaFish has done many times before. That was fun. I see many different ties resulting from that technique.