So, I just got my first Vise and basic tying stuff for Christmas and have started to tie some Bucktails this week, for the up-coming season. Any thoughts on what other colors I might need to order? I know I need some Purple. Anyone care to share what colors work for them. Right now I’m still in Test mode as I haven’t made duplicates of any two colors until I get all the kinks worked out.
Again I just started this week, but I think I’ve got some good colors started.
They look good 
They look good! I dont know what you fish for,But I like a tish of flash in mine. Tinsel type and others
I don’t see any pruple and white hair …… 
Yeah.. I just got a bunch of different Tinsel in the mail this week, that’s my next step.
Jesse,
As soon as I get my Purple hair, that will be next. Maybe green head and Puple and White hair/ Tinsel mix.
pink head/purple hair for vertical jigging
here is a place you need to know about..
RIENKE BROTHERS in Milwaukee.. 29th and Greenfield ave.. you want to tie jigs. they have it all..
Kelly Green & Black are my go to hair jigs for Early Spring. I really like the ones that have a little chartreuse or orange in them as well.
Nice looking. Are you trimming the ends or stacking the hair?
I would recommend some white with purple or blue tinsel or hair. Sometimes I even put a red “stripe” on the side to mimic a rainbow minnow. Just make sure you put the darker color on top of the jig, as this is the way a minnow looks in the water. They look good so far- use plenty of head cement on the thread to lock in the hair for a long time!
Looks Great! Just a tip as you get going. Get a 3 ring binder and vue-all pages. Shoot digital pics of your jigs with an index card of what/how much or any other details you may need to know to duplicate. That way, when you use your “last one”, you can always refer back to your book.
My “bible” is about 20+ years old with all my records in it. I also print out web pages from the sites I order things from and keep a copy of my invoices from them. That way I can refer right back to exact manufactures, vendors, cost,….and all that good stuff. Make it a habit now, and it just gets easier. (please excuse the mess on my bench – I’m between ice fishing, predator hunting, trapping, 2011 stuff coming in,…busy month)
Nice looking Man Cave you have there, Randy! 
-J.
For minute there I thought I was looking at a wall at Everts.
Anyone know where to find hair similar to the jig I use I believe Bucktail Wayne ties? The hair I got from cabelas seemed much stiffer then jigs I have bought in the past. Second you having an issue with hair pulling out after you tie it?
I bought calf tail from them in the early 60s and the hooks also. (Reinke Brothers)
The popular color then was a pink head, white calf tail with just a small dab of blue paint at the rear end.
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Nice looking. Are you trimming the ends or stacking the hair?
I noticed that too if your trimming the ends stop. Deer hair is hollow and traps air wich is why it works so well. If you realy want them straight on the ends get a hair stacker or better yet don’t worry about them being even looks more natural with some being longer than others
How long is to long? Is there such a thing?
I would think the ones in the last photo are a little long but heck, let the walleye tell you what they like. Some of the 1st ones I ever made looked absolutely terrible. Hair all un even and sticking out of the wrap all over the place. Still caught huge walleyes on them.
I like the length of the ones in your 1st photo.
too much hair makes a jig float.. however.. once you cut the hair, it isn’t going to grow back..
meaning let your buyers cut the hair on your jigs to their specifications..
Lindner uses jigs that “guys throw away” .. meaning so sparce that you wouldn’t USE IT.. but you don’t lose feel..
most jigs have way too much hair.. but you can’t make it grow… let the buyer cut their own hair on the jigs..
All good colors to me, but I didn’t see any shad colors, my best one last year I tied with a white head black hair on top and white with a lot of flash on the bottom, with just a touch of red.
Like said earler you can all ways cut hair of once you see how it acts in the water but you can’t make it grow. Shake as much water out of hair as you can before cutting.
Some longer hair stands behind the hooks will give it more action if you are not tipping with meat.
Another one of my favorites is black with just a couple of strands of color (red or gold or chart. flash) and a rabbit strip tail. (leech pattern)
Looks like a great batch of jigs. I too would recommend adding some blues and purples with white to the mix.
Dave
Make a big assortment. And always tie 2of each. That way if you find a good color and then its bound to find that one tree in the area you have a back up. And I never trim the ends. Try filling a bucket full of water and throw 2hair jigs in it. One trimmed and one not. Then you can seee first hand the difference. As far as length I like to keep some long and some short and let the fish tell you. If you’re getting bites and missing them try a short one.
Never thought of the bucket of water.
I all ways wondered about getting a small aquarium and tie the jig to a rod tip from a 2 piece or a soft ice rod to see it from the side (fish’s view)
Ya side and bottom are where the most of the fish see them.
Here are my first few I threw together…have about a dozen or so as of now usually pound a couple out each day during lunch break.
couple more from lunch an hour ago……
Nice work E. I personally like leaving the hair long on my jigs. I like the bigger profile.
the top pic is a few I did last year. The bottom pics are a few I just made. Trying to use less hair on my jigs now.
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