Well I am a believer in TubeDudes jigs. I got some from him last summer to fish my favorite places on Southern Utah mountains and did really well with them. I have been hitting quail reservoir lately because rumor has it that rainbow start biting in the winter there. I went trolling a few weeks ago and caught a bunch of small planters long lining a plastic minnow.
I had a few hours today and the sun was shinning so I took my float tube out and dragged a fly on one pole and threw hardware on the other. I started with the plastic minnow and caught a few, but then it just shut off so I threw on a TubeDude special and low and behold I caught one it.[;)] This picture makes it look like a bigger fish than it really was, but its all fun!
Hey I 2nd that… tubedudes jigs are the best.. they are all I use, I have caught musky, crappie, bass both lg and sm. mouths, trout, perch, bluegills and cats, I even caught whitefish. There is something special about those jigs. TD makes special stuff and is a great person to fish with. He has taught me so much. Thanks pat
Tube Dude… I was wondering if you could make me a marabou jig in the shape and color of trout pellets. Then I could really slay them hatchery fish![:p][;)][sly] just kidding. Actually Nor tah suggested having you make me a 1/32 marabou and just kind of dragging or trolling with it on my tube. What do you think? Or would it be better to go heavier if I want to troll with it? I think the smaller fish are on the top, but the bigger fish are deeper, maybe as deep as 60-80’
Trout pellet hackles are easy. Just color a glo bug with a green marker.
**I make a lot of “Bugger Jigs” in 1/32 oz…on size 2, 4 and 6. This last year I fished a lot of jig and fly combos…with a light jig either on the bottom, with a dropper fly a couple of feet up…or with the jig on a dropper with a fly trailing out a couple of feet behind. Caught a lot of fish of several species on several waters. **
If fishing a clean bottom lake…like Huntington…I can just drag one of those jigs behind a tube, right on the bottom, and the fish will slurp it up and hook themselves on those sharp Matzuo hooks. If the fish are at middepth, I cast out, let it sink a ways and then keep kicking at the speed necessary to run the light jig at the right depth…speeding up and slowing down to raise and lower it in the water column.
Fishing the jig and fly combo usually works better than a bubble and fly if the fish are a bit skittish.
**Here are pics of some of the patterns. I could whup them up on any size hook and any size head you want. **
Those are some sweet patterns, wish I made that tackle class.
If it makes ya feel any better we did not have enough time to even get to “dressing jigs”. It was all just kind of an overview of some of the different things you can do to make your own stuff.
**It takes a bit more than a quick show and tell to really learn to pour, paint and decorate nice jigs. A get together like we had merely serves to make folks aware of what goes into it so they can decide whether or not they want to get more involved. We have quite a few folks in Utah who have bought the stuff and got started in making lures and building rods. Turning out some good stuff too. Not that hard. But to really learn it takes some one on one sessions where you get the chance to work with your own hands to learn the craft. **
We will have more sessions after the first of the year, and I am working on writeups for most of the different aspects. Here’s one to whet your appetite.
Hey TubeDude, On the white bugger picture, what is the stuff you have palmered on the bottom bugger? Looks Good…WW.
**That is rainbow colored sparkle braid…also known as diamond braid. It is especially effective when used as a ribbing or even as a “linebacker” on white flies and jigs. I call the pattern my “White Rainbow”. It has really accounted for a lot of big trout over the past few years…including some mega cutts from Da Berry. The picture was taken at Huntington where it has smacked some tigers. **
I have been tying jigs using some of my favorite fly patterns for quite a few years. Some of the smaller stuff is really deadly on bluegills as well as trout. (see pics)
Yep, Don’t knock mommies trinkets. Some of the best discoveries are right out of mommies craft store. I have witnessed a trout caught on a fly made from belly button lint. My wife is still mad at me for stealing her eye liner. (Makes for wonderful paint that you can shade)…WW.
TubeDude, Those bugger jigs look great. I would love to get my hands on some of those. How can I get some?
About $1 apiece at the “Tackletorium”. The new glow head “Strawberry Special” is $1.25. Shoot me a PM if you want to come take a look and I will give you my address and directions.
I have seen those on the market, yours look better.
What are those called? Any special name?
Thanks. What most guys like a lot about my jigs are the use of the ultra sharp Matzuo hooks. I also use at least 2 whole marabou feathers on each jig and really secure everything when I tie it down. I also use clear jig paint to finish the head wraps so they NEVER come undone.
Names? Gee, I never thought about naming them individually. Might get too attached to them. “Hey, we lost Bill. Time to tie on old Jim.”
In generic terms they are plain old marabou jigs. But since I tie many of them with the palmered hackle up the body…like wooly buggers…I call them bugger jigs.
