I have seen these in the belly of Waleye in UTE and Conchas Lakes back in the Day the Pecos drainage is full of these, I have caught these in the throw nets in Texas Abilene area,I have caught and seen these in Lake Benbrook in the summer months close to the shore also and found the big slabs to have a lots of these in their stomach also so.
This motivates:

This:

Although not a perfect color replica,just motivation...

Those look like Crappie Killers for sure!

Nice jigs, great paint job. When I was young dad and I would seine red horses form the rivers and stock tanks and use them for bait.

That jig will work anywhere; a great color combination.

Nice jigs Pat!

Sic 'em Pat!

Nice work buddy

Had some Red Horse minnows in an aquarium that I caught as a kid and, that pic you found is exactly what they look like. They are a good looking fish and it looks like you matched the hatch!
Good Job!

Those Jigs will kill'm at Palestine!

I have done real well with the blues this past year....here is my version



They seem to be the go to bait the last few months for sure.

Hey Squeaky those are some very nice looking ties there man.

Thanks Pat! I was wondering why I have been doing so well with blue colors....that minnow up top is probably why!!

Have some red horse in the creek behind my house. They seem to like clear water...rock bottom. Nice work on the paint.

Those are some excellent jigs!!!! I need to ditch buying these jigs online and start tying.

Hey lets go hit Conroe next weekend?

Pat, I only have one suggestion that would make those jigs look the best they can...... you should give me a few to hang in my jig box. Dude those are nice.
Squeaky just gotta come in and show off his stuff. You guys got this tying thing down. As far as the blue doing good, I posted an article about colors fish can see and it said that blue and purple are two of the last colors that loose their color as you start to loose the light...so it sounds like blue is a natural for being good. Great job fellas.