can you use pipe cleaners instead of the chenille on crappie jigs?

you can, but the metal will eventually rust out....

cool...thanks for the info...

I am going to try and make my first jigs today...my neighbor gave me a pretty good starting place as far as equipment goes..



hmmmm...wonder how much money I can spend at Cabella's today...

That is a nice start, you can spend way too much on this hobby....

Your neighbor did you a solid. That is a lot of nice stuff. You don't need to spend a lot of money. Just get a card of your favorite color chenille and a bag of feather and go to town. There is a guy that posts in the jig makers forum, I can't remember his handle, but he has a nice 'how to' video on YouTube.

YUP..very addicting!! But, at least it's not BAD for you ...
just make sure you are either outside, or you have a decent exhaust system of some sort to get the fumes from the lead away from you ...

agreed, this is going to be an expensive hobby...went to cabellas and came back with this..





then to walmart to get these



My first ever crappie jig...

That's a good looking jig!

Way to go. It's a slippery slope my friend. Also check out the jig crafters sight. A Tom of good guys and great info over there too.

nice jig, your hooked now....

thanks gents...I kinda cheated on the heads...I used ready made plain 1/8 oz jig heads...wanted to make some for the next couple of days without messing with the lead...

Here is my first 13 jigs ready for NM...by the way...any criticism, constructive or otherwise will be gladly accepted...

I really like the color choices you made!!! I would tie some of the same patterns in a smaller size myself. I sometimes find the crappie like a lil smaller jig for some reason and if you are in an area where you can pitch under docks you want a little less weight so the rate of fall is slower. You might get some critic about the tails being a little long on some of them but to tell you the truth some of the ones i catch with have longer tails... Great start... The two top left might should of stopped or started the body material a lil further up the shank leaving more room for the fish to get on the hook.. I like them tho might just open those hooks up a lil Great ties man

Oh and I always like to put a little flash on some of mine say like 80% of my ties have some crystal flash of some sort.

thanks Chuck...that's what I'm looking for..

I was thinking they were kinda large as I was tying them and finally looked at what I have been using and they were 1/16 oz....agree totally on tying some smaller ones...

and you reminded me...mylar...yup...gotta get some mylar...

I am hooked on crazy angler site and buy 100% of my tie materials there.. I need to get me one of those peak vises too tho. You are past the point of no return.