Bass jig

 

My bass jig has been designed to be fished on a variety of lines with the choice of line being determined by the depth the target bass are holding at. With a 4mm tungsten slotted bead for weight it sinks well and when retrieved with a stripping action with a few protracted pauses provides plenty of movement to get the bass interested. My favorite colour for the estaz chenille used in the body is black but of course other colors can be used as well

Hook Bead Thread Tail Tail flash Body Front hackle
Size 1 to 4 Gammakatsu jig hook Hanak diamond plus slotted bead Uni 3/0 in colour to match front hackle colour Marabou 2 stands emerald sparkle flash and 2 strands of pearl krystal flash Estaz chenille (long filaments) For brown flies I like male pheasant, for black crow hackle and for olive Hungarian partridge hackle

Process

A
  1. Slottted beads have a slotted opening at one end and a smaller opening at the other. Slide a bead over the point of the hook small opening first and position it on the jig drop down above the eye of the hook.
  2. Start the thread at about the 90% position on the top of the hook shank and wind the thread in touching turns to the bend of the hook.
  3. I like to tie my tail in three parts and for the overall length of the tail to be around the same as the length of the hook. So tie in half the wooly bugger tail material.

B
  1. Tie in a strands of sparkle flash on top of the first half of the marabou tail but separated so that each strand favors the opposite side of the fly.
  2. Tie the two strands of krystal flash in the same way.

C
  1. Tie in the second half the wooly bugger tail material. I like the strands of sparkle flash and krystal flash to be partially obscure so they add life to the fly but don't overwhelm it.
  2. Tie in a length of estaz chenille at the bend of the hook.

D
  1. Wind the estaz chenille forward to about the 85% position on the top of the hook shank in firm touching turns taking care to stroke the estaz chenille fibers back out of the way for each successive wrap.
  2. Tie the estaz chenille off with a couple of tight wraps of thread.

E
  1. Trim away the excess estaz chenille.
  2. Tie your front hackle in by the tip. Try to select a hackle with barbules about as long as the hook.

F
  1. Take 2 or 3 turns turns of the front hackle depending on the thickness of the barbules.
  2. Wind your thread through the hackle tying it into place at about the 95% position on the top of the hook shank.

E
  1. Trim the butt end of the hackle with a blade.
  2. Stroke the hackles back and lock them in place with several wraps of thread.
  3. Build up a neat cone shaped head at the front of the top section of the hook shank
  4. Whip finish the tread and trim the excess off.
  5. Varnish the head.




Last Updated: January 12, 2014
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Categories: Bass, EP's, perch and saratoga flies, Flies
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