I like to tie my own jigs for crappie and steelhead. Awhile back I traded some materials for some custom heads. These heads have a flat bottom and swooped front and I figured they would make a great back half of a crawdad jig.
I caught some nice smallmouth on my last trip to Strike, and every year in spring I see huge largemouth come in shallow. So I finally took a stab at tying up some crawdad imitations. Think the bass will like them?
They sure look good to me. Thanks for sharing.
Is that back smooth section lead? I couldn’t see the hook eye, is it underneath?
I would also try some in brown or rust color.
The bass are going to love those bounced over the rocks.
The hook eye is on the top at the front. It’s just hard to see in these pics because of the dark paint. I also paint them myself. The smooth part is the lead. The guy that makes them sells them here:
Those look real good!
look great maybe some olive and brown accents would be great as well
Cool hooks! As for the pattern, that is what I use. Try a Burnt Orange too.
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Lemme know if you would like to try some of those. Would be happy to send you a few “wobble jig” heads to experiment on. Smallest size is 1/16 oz…but you can cut off the barbed part and that drops the weight a bit. (see pic) That dish-shaped head does wobble on the retrieve…and flutters on the fall. It also glides up over rocks better than round heads.
I make most of my small jigs on 1/16 oz. heads and size 4 hooks. PM me if you would like some.
Here’s a pic of some of the “Wob-Bous” I use. Get all species of Utah fish on them…even trout. Silly fish.
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They look awesome to me!
Those look real nice. When i am on a boat i normally use crawdad crankbaits. But i always have a jig on stanby if the need arises and it always does. I would love to have some craw jigs.
If you ever want to trade some materials for your jigs. I would love to have some craw looking jigs. I can trade some Pheasant and pigeon feathers sometime. If things go well in a couple of weeks i might have some trukey feathers.
I had a number of guys steelhead fishing at Ellis that were bottom fishing with those rubber crawdads. I don’t see why those good looking flies wouldn’t work for those too!
Those look like some smallie killers to me.
I wouldn’t really call these flies since the heads are 1/4 ounce but they do come in smaller sizes.
I have a little 2.5 gallon aquarium I use to test how stuff looks underwater, and I was really impressed with the action. The zonker strip claws are slightly buoyant so they lift and spread out when it’s at rest, just like a real craw that has spotted a predator.
I wanted to get out Monday to test them on some fish, but that wind was just too much. Later in the week hopefully.
First timer!!! I have been trying some crawdad patterns myself by watching U tube videos and taking what I like and attempting to apply them!! This is what I came up with!!
They look great , if you want to sell some i would love to buy a few . Curt G.
Oh yea , welcome aboard . I just noticed it was your first post . Curt G.
Thanks!!! I’m only a dozen in and am finally getting quicker and getting them shorter than a lighter!!! What would they go for???
