Turner Jones micro jigs

[JimDog]

I have seen a number of references to Turner Jones micro jigs.  Where can these be purchased?  Is it just a tiny marabou jig?  Can someone post a picture of one?

[Seth]

As far as I know, Phil and Tim's Flyshop near Roaring River are the only two places that carries them anymore.

The little guys at the top of the pic are the Turner Micros.

[MoCarp]

those jigs are the bomb just saying

[Phil Lilley]

We sell them in our shop

[Bill Babler]

This is pretty much it for them.  Phil has a fantastic supply but when these are gone that's it as the maker has passed and there has been problems with his estate and we have lost our source.

They are not marabou, the body is hen hackle and it is extremely soft.  They come in sizes 12 and 14 or 156oz and 256oz    They are the complete BOMB, and a tool that I use in my business every time  the water gets slick or is not flowing.

On flat water they have no equal in the restricted zone.

Yes they cost about half of what a bottle of power bait cost, but you can catch 50 fish on one before it goes poof.  You cannot use a forcept on them you must unhook the fish by hand.  If the water stays like it was this morning,  I have 3 clients in the morning and they will catch between 40 and 80 in 4 hrs. depending on how many they miss and how many of these lunatic fish jump off.

Fish a scud, fish a midge or fish a small marabou jig and you will not even come close to touching the numbers you will catch on this very unique fly.  It is really one of a kind.

[Ham]

,I have few laying around here and there in my stuff. I’ve literally NEVER caught a fish of any kind on them. Do they catch fish? YES, just not for me.

[Gavin]

I'm sure they are easy to recreate. Just a ball of dryer lint, feathers, and a jig head. I'm sure that Doty could dissect and tie, he is a good tier.

[Bill Babler]

Been tried by everyone that tie including myself and cannot even get close.  Head is extremely unique and the hackle is not tied it has a colored shrink wrap that attaches it to the jig head  At one point Turner had an associate that sold the business to Lucky Strike.  They came out with a fair looking duplicate but they just simply fell apart after a fish or two.  Just could not get it to stay together at all. The bonding process is unique.

The paint is special on the jig head after your color is on it is clear coated paint seldom  seems to come off no matter how many times it hits the rocks.  The eyes on the jig are also special.

Try as anyone might, no one has duplicated this fly or even close to it ever.  Tim at Tim's fly shop tried and tried after Mr. Jones passed, but his were also a poor replica.

[tjm]

Bill, I had read something once where Jones talked about cutting the legs for his micro jigs, made me think they were constructed from a tubing of some sort. Is this the same jig or did he have several types?

[ColdWaterFshr]

I remember getting this micro jigs at Roaring River lodge back in the early 80's.  They worked better than anything else . . . . including cheese worms.  Back then they were called Merlin Olsen jigs, or at least they had his mugshot used as an endorsement.  And the cost an ungodly sum of $1.50.  As a young lad, it was often a difficult decision . . . whether to buy a Merlin Olesen jig or put the money toward a Barq's root beer and a snicker bar.  Merlin won most of the time.