I love my small bootlickers as well. A way I’ve found for attaching the bead up front is by using a slotted tungsten bead and some braid. You double the braid over similar to that of a stinger hook on an intruder fly. From there you can tie in a much thinner body and have the bead much closer to the eye. I’m not trying to reinvent what is basically a crappie jig but the slimmer body really does seem to not only look better but also out fishes ones I’ve tied using bead nails and sewing pins. Great tie. As stated earlier, love me a good ol’ bootlicker
Jonathon, this is more a stillater pattern. Because of how the beads are attached it hangs up quite a bit when bouncing along in rivers. I have a similar pattern I'll do for you in the next couple days.
Killer pattern for still Trout Lakes!
great job
Thank you!
I love my small bootlickers as well. A way I’ve found for attaching the bead up front is by using a slotted tungsten bead and some braid. You double the braid over similar to that of a stinger hook on an intruder fly. From there you can tie in a much thinner body and have the bead much closer to the eye. I’m not trying to reinvent what is basically a crappie jig but the slimmer body really does seem to not only look better but also out fishes ones I’ve tied using bead nails and sewing pins.
Great tie. As stated earlier, love me a good ol’ bootlicker
Also far more durable..
Interesting, I'll have to give that a try! Thanks for sharing.
Hi, & thanks for tutorial. Do you do well on river with this pattern as every time I hear of guys using leech they are on Stillwater.
Jonathon, this is more a stillater pattern. Because of how the beads are attached it hangs up quite a bit when bouncing along in rivers. I have a similar pattern I'll do for you in the next couple days.
Jonathon, in case you haven't seen it, I finally got the river leeches video done. Here's the link. ruclips.net/video/_Cu9-BWVWPg/видео.html