You will want to use saddle hackle. Most saddles will have feathers sizes for flies up to jig size.

I would go with a size 4 to size 6. You can use the bigger size 8 but the body will be bigger than I like on a size 4 hook.

On my jigs I use a #4 on the 1/16 oz jigs and a #6 on my 1/32oz jigs. I do like both gold and black sickle hooks.

Awesome report! This flies will get it done as you used it.

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Those are adjustable arms for holding the bobbin/materials. Most vise have a heavy wire arm with a set distant away from the vise post.

Yes be sure to have many tied. Also tie some in different color combinations. In the bream killer and tag fly. You will find at times a fly that doesn’t look like anything you have ever seen will be the best in your box! Have fun tying and fishing.

@@stumphunter100 sounds good and looks like I'll be getting a lot of practice and learning over the winter. Thanks and looking forward to nicer weather

I love to use hackle collars on smaller jigs. The fish seems to like that movement.

It’s called closed cell foam and Hobby Lobby is the best place to buy it by the sheets

@@stumphunter100 Thank You I was trying to find it on Ebay but no luck so I will try Hobby Lobby

🤣 the fish really don’t mind. Some of my early ties looked right spooky

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Jim a dark olive to hunter green seems to work the best if you stay within or between those two tones. I did try a light tone of yellow that worked ok as well.

This craft can be so rewarding to us fisherman. Nothing like catching fish on jigs/flies you tye. Thanks for your commit, you and others like you are the reason I do these videos.

You are correct in the use for hackle in flies being a collar or hackled through the body like a wooly bugger. In jig tying the term (hackle) is used differently than flies as hackle feathers (saddle or neck and salt water hackle) are used as a tail material. I do at times use some of my (fly) tying feathers to make a collar on a jig. You will find that most jig tyers never really get into the tying of flies with the right materials like a nice long saddle as the cost is more than many want to spend. So this being said while tying jigs the term hackle is the cheaper hackle feathers bought by the 1/4 oz most of the time. So the material video is showing materials mostly used for jig tying. I hope to soon do some fly tying videos as I really enjoy fly fishing. Thanks for the commit and question as I hope all of our viewers feel freely to ask any questions they may have. Yes Fly tyers Dungeon has some very nice material with very good prices.

@@stumphunter100 Thank you sir for the reply. Just trying to figure out the "language" of jig tying and hopefully being able to buy the correct materials. Looking forward to more on your channel.

Yes I have and it works nicely and gives a bigger body/profile.

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Well Bill, it all depends on what part of the county you are from and how it is pronounced. It really doesn't matter to me how you pronounce it, to each their own. Good luck on the water.

Thanks Jay!

It is great that you are teaching your grandchildren this craft. I done the same and it’s a craft that they could enjoy all their life. Many hours have been spent at my tying vise. With many different tying materials I have the combinations are limitless. Many tyers never tie jigs to fish with and I do think they are missing out. My hat is off to you for taking this craft to heart and for sharing not only this craft of tying but also teaching your grandchildren about the outdoors.

Welcome to the craft Ronnie, it can be so rewarding.

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Thanks Dave.

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Thanks for watching the videos and subscribing. Dernier is weight which makes the thread bigger because of the weight. 220 dernier one wrap will place more thread on a jig or fly than probably 6 wraps of 70 d. Tie one size 14 fly and use 220, almost impossible because of the heavier weight and in turn the diameter is bigger. All this is kinda like splitting hairs in the details when size of thread used can make a big difference in the finished product. A spool of 220 is 100 yards and a spool of 70 is 200 . yards. It’s easy to get some confused with details and the reason I always use diameter.

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If you looked you see this is an old video and while using those cameras it would jump around just from my movements. Hey, improvements are always a plus

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Yes I will add some more patterns

Stump Hunter I have not posted there for a long time. For some reason my internet doesn’t like the site. Love the site and the guys there. I was one of the first groups to join the site and it had a real good group of tyers. A lot of knowledge

The top of the flatter isn’t hardened like it was when it was a hammer. As you are welding the bottom plate the heat generated by welding takes the hardness out of the top as well. Keep in mind that all tools need to be used with care and caution.

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Hey Ken, yes I do use some fox squirrel tails. Like you said it is stiffer but it at the same time has about the same movement as calf tail hair so it can be used in some of the smaller jigs/flies. I do use it in some of the large/larger flies like Lefly's Deceivers used for Salmon and Peacock bass.