How about another challenge?

[quivira kid]

Hey guys, we caught a few red shiners in the cast net last night when we were trying to catch some shad. How would you imitate something like this that has red fins?
I've been pondering this today and have a couple ideas, but nothing that sounds too great just yet. Let's see what you've got!

 

[SaltyBuckster]

We need a pic !!I've got some really cool ideas right now.Need to see what one "Really" looks like.Get it up and let's go.

 

[quivira kid]

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[Jig Man]

We call those red horse minnows here. I had them stocked in my lake... And they are a great bait!!!

 

[quivira kid]

Jeesh... Sorry for the picture size! Dang phone.

 

[SaltyBuckster]

I wish that I could have seen the whole fish,but here's mine.First dry and then a wet one.I hope that the pic shows what I want to see,lol.This is 1/8 oz. with white and red bucktail.Has a grey back.Ran out of red,so this is it.

 

[SaltyBuckster]

Let's see.Ran out of red bucktail and gray thread,lol.Time for some crap.

 

[StumpHunter]

Great looking jig azslabber! When wet it does a very good job looking like the red shiner. Very nice.

 

[SaltyBuckster]

I found some gray thread and fixed him up a little,lol.

 

[StumpHunter]

Yes I see. I hate to run out of a material when working on a jig. It's a pain!!

 

[StumpHunter]

That jig head has a killer color to it also. Is it a mixed color.

 

[SaltyBuckster]

Just Pro Tek silver as a base and some satin black over the top,sprinkled.

 

[SaltyBuckster]

Lots of lookers,but no takers,come on guys use your imagination a little.

 

[CrappieHappy]

Nice job AZ. I MIGHT try later, imagination not working too good right now.... LOL

 

[CrappieHappy]

heres my ATTEMPT



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[Lost Pole]

Cool fish and great imitation AZ. It'd be next to impossible to beat the color resemblance of it pictured wet

 

[Lost Pole]

CH, sweet! Never wldve thought to add that red chenille.

 

[CrappieHappy]

CH, sweet! Never wldve thought to add that red chenille.

Thanks , It's a piece of red tinsel.. I only had red in size 3, and it dwarfed the others....

 

[SaltyBuckster]

Nice work !!I made one more.Very realistic thanks to some heads that I found hidden away in an old coffee can,courtesy of RonDon a couple of years ago.All painted up waiting to cure.

 

[SaltyBuckster]

Here's a 1/32 oz.Got the body looking a little too dark with the watermelon flake sprinkled on the top.Definantly differant,lol.I wanted a pronounced red tail and used red pearl flash also.