Turner Jones micro jigs

[ness]

2 hours ago, Phil Lilley said:

So I guess we should stop calling them 1/265th and call them 1/100th?

Wonder what the full micros are?  1/16th?

Man, I am so lost in this and the math. And, I’m pretty good at math. $109 per oz? What are we ciphering here? 

My tummy tells me a tiny bead, an 18 or smaller hook and some marabou tips tied in with thread and the fish will go, ‘Hey, that’s one of them Turner Jones micro jigs —I’ll race you to it.’ 😄 Would be so cheap and easy to tie one that durability wouldn’t really matter. 

No disrespect to those who have actually seen and/or fished these wonders, I’m just a bit of a skeptic. 

[tjm]

I'm one of those who never learned to fish the jig and bobber, so my offering would likely be a spider on a floating line.

11 minutes ago, ness said:

 $109 per oz?

Nah, 109  jigs per oz and at $126 per jig that renders $13,734 per ounce.

[Bill Babler]

Now we know the rest of the story.  tjm, dude you are  on it like purple on grape.  So the head itself weighs 256 and that is what Mr. Jones based his size on and he called them 1/2 micros. and I am assuming the Full micros as he stated the head weighs 156 oz but like wise the finished product is about double that.

thanks

[ness]

9 hours ago, tjm said:

I'm one of those who never learned to fish the jig and bobber, so my offering would likely be a spider on a floating line.

Nah, 109  jigs per oz and at $126 per jig that renders $13,734 per ounce.

That makes sense. So, about 10x the price of gold. I hope Phil has them in a locked case

[grizwilson]

On ‎6‎/‎5‎/‎2018 at 6:22 PM, Phil Lilley said:

Just weighed a micro (1/256th oz).  It's .0092 ounces.

Someone do the math.

5/512 would be .0097

[tjm]

3 hours ago, Bill Babler said:

Now we know the rest of the story.  tjm, dude you are  on it like purple on grape.  So the head itself weighs 256 and that is what Mr. Jones based his size on and he called them 1/2 micros. and I am assuming the Full micros as he stated the head weighs 156 oz but like wise the finished product is about double that.

thanks

That's just an insomniac's take on it. Somewhere in the history of fly fishing I've read that jigs are classed by weight of the head; truefully, I have never weighed a jig and have felt that the nominal weights were approximate, but, Mr. Jones also claimed a 1/500oz jig and at such small weights (.002 oz or 0.875 grain)( it would seem the hook might outweigh the head) I would think accuracy of the guess must be inherently closer.

The idea of such tiny jigs is kinda on the edge of "I don't believe it"  or "Why bother" to me. Some one said they sink fast, how fast? Is there a real world difference between 3' per second and 3.2' per second? A floss body over ten or so turns of lead trolling line core sinks like stone but with a turn of starling hackle will sink a tiny bit slower and catch more fish. How deep do you fish these, anyhow?

I do attribute the durability of them in part to the small weight, no matter how fast you throw one the impact force is almost nothing because of almost no mass. Added to that, what looks like a plastic sleeve collar and body would take a bit  more  abuse than some other body types. Now I really want a couple to mess with.

 

[Bill Babler]

All you have to do is ask to receive my friend.  Turner called it a 1/500.  Its on a size 18 lite wire hook.  Mini Micro.

It has a small painted on eye and the head is molded around the hook eye.  I have about a dozen of these in copper head black body as Turner insisted this was the best color, but to tell you the truth I have had very limited success on it.  On the other end of the spectrum, my clients have caught thousands on the copper head ginger 1/2 micro that is pictured with the mini micro.

You pretty much have to fish it on 7X as 6X looks like well rope going thru that eye.

[Seth]

Granted they are my own hand tied versions and not Turners, but I've not done very well on the gold head/ginger patterns. That gold head/olive with a red collar has been the most productive color by far. Chrome/pink and orange/brown have produce quite a few for me as well. Not sure what it is about that orange head, but those Taneycomo trout seem to love it. I've not had the same success with them in trout parks.

[duckydoty]

I’ll give this poor attempt at a recreation a try tomorrow morning. Hope it can catch a fish.

I found that the heat shrink and bonding process can be combined and sped up by putting in microwave. Gets a little sparky at first but just stick with it till a little smoke starts coming out.  Have no idea what it weighs, but it’s pretty light.

Well, off to Walmart to get a new microwave.

[JestersHK]

That looks killer Duane!  Gonna need some of those