I don't think I've ever seen anyone post a pic of an all black jig here. 100% black just gets no love. But they work! I've been doing some night fishing on my last few trips out for crappie, and absolutely hammering them on all black jigs. I use new age or estaz type chenille and krystal flash to match the tinsel in the body, but other than the mylar it's black. Black head, black fuzz in the chenille and a black marabou, fox or rabbit tail. Sometimes I add black rubber legs too.
Weekend before last I outfished everyone and caught over 60 crappies, 90% of which were on black. There were some real slabs in the bunch too. Biggest one was over 14". They hit that jig so hard and so often the eyes came off and the chenille started sliding down the shank of the hook. (Note to self, add more glue.)
Even one of the guys who was fishing with me said he saw black tube jigs at the store before he came and left them on the peg because he didn't think they would work.
Maybe they just don't look flashy enough?
Weekend before last I outfished everyone and caught over 60 crappies, 90% of which were on black. There were some real slabs in the bunch too. Biggest one was over 14". They hit that jig so hard and so often the eyes came off and the chenille started sliding down the shank of the hook. (Note to self, add more glue.)
Even one of the guys who was fishing with me said he saw black tube jigs at the store before he came and left them on the peg because he didn't think they would work.
Maybe they just don't look flashy enough?