ScottV
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I got a couple of Halloween wigs from Wal Mart and since they didn't fit, I decided to tie jigs with them LOL There's not much action in the water, but for slow trolling or spider rigging it should do fine.
The Wig Jig
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JUNGLEJIM1
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You can tie a ton of jigs with the wigs,like the shiny color of the pink wig. You should catch some crappie with those.
Nice looking jigs! Putting odd-ball materials to use like that is always fun. Really like those heads... are they walleye heads - what weight?
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As related in the muskie/pike section below, "wig jigs" have caught literally thousands of nice northern pike, muskies, and bass for my plumber (who first developed them years ago- I did a feature article in the old Fishing Facts mag on them) and me. The trick is to get wigs with very limp hair(or real human hair!!) and tie them long-very whippy on a jump type retreive! I've also tied 3 inch ones for smallmouth & crappies, and some shorter if I tie very thin (and use pinches of real hair from my wife's haircuts!).Recently ,famed flytier Bob Clouser ( www.clouserflies.com) found some commercial fly tying hair that he laughingly described as "basic wig hair" (looks like the same wig material as I've used!) and tied a few flies up to 12" long with it -on a recent week long trip to Canada he took dozens of pike over 40 inches on it!
ScottV
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AtticaFish said:
Yep they are walleye heads from TNT Tackle, 1/8 oz.. I love the way they look and they are very balanced in the water.