Hair

[Pepe]

Do you folks use hair, buck-tail, marabou or preacher type jigs?   I ask because making jigs & soft plastics is my winter hobby, but I don’t sell them. Dispersing some samples to other anglers who will actually use them and provide feedback is what I’m seeking. 
I did this type thing for skirted & Ned jigs for several years and was able to better zero in on what worked best.

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12 hours ago, Pepe said:

Do you folks use hair, buck-tail, marabou or preacher type jigs?   I ask because making jigs & soft plastics is my winter hobby, but I don’t sell them. Dispersing some samples to other anglers who will actually use them and provide feedback is what I’m seeking. 
I did this type thing for skirted & Ned jigs for several years and was able to better zero in on what worked best.

I go Smallie fishing quite a bit when home.   I’m at Taney for a few weeks now.    Rivers are so low I probably wouldn’t pester them until we get rain.  I’d be up for that especially fall through winter.  PM me if you want.  

[Al Agnew]

I use hair jigs only in the winter.  I've tried them in warm weather, but have never done well on them then, compared to some other lures I use.  Hair isn't magical.  It works.  It is seldom NECESSARY, if ever, but sometimes it's the best choice.  And different kinds of hair are called for in different situations; all hair is not equal.  My winter jigs are made of rabbit strips.  In warm weather I use bucktail on my homemade twin spin.  And that's pretty much the extent of my hair use.