05-06-2003, 11:50 AM
[cool]Hey Aaron, glad you got to hit the island, but sorry the fishing wasn't better. I imagine the water is still just a bit cold for good bassin'.
Those little green tinsel jigs do a good job of representing a lot of aquatic bugs and small crawdads. In different sizes they work on almost everything in fresh and salt water. They are great for surf perch and other fishes in the ocean. They will catch 'gills for you, but I would use both the small whites and the black and gold too.
Yes, I do use a fly tying vice for making the jigs. Once I have the heads poured and painted, I just stick them in the vice and wrap them like tying a fly. Do you tie flies yet? It's not difficult. But, it is good to get a few lessons so you can get an upclose look at what is going on. There are some good websites on fly tying too. If you can't find any let me know and I will send you some links. Of course you are not going to find any sites that show you how to tie TubeDude's world famous baitbugs and Roadrunners.
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Those little green tinsel jigs do a good job of representing a lot of aquatic bugs and small crawdads. In different sizes they work on almost everything in fresh and salt water. They are great for surf perch and other fishes in the ocean. They will catch 'gills for you, but I would use both the small whites and the black and gold too.
Yes, I do use a fly tying vice for making the jigs. Once I have the heads poured and painted, I just stick them in the vice and wrap them like tying a fly. Do you tie flies yet? It's not difficult. But, it is good to get a few lessons so you can get an upclose look at what is going on. There are some good websites on fly tying too. If you can't find any let me know and I will send you some links. Of course you are not going to find any sites that show you how to tie TubeDude's world famous baitbugs and Roadrunners.
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