who would fish this for trout or crappie

[PressuredFishing]

Grandma spoiled me and got me a fly tying kit, who would fish this 1/32 oz jig

 

[Fishing_Rod]

Well Done! Looks great. Tie it on and let us know how you like it. Very much like what I typically use with ultra lite rigs. Cheers!

[Bluebasser86]

That looks great, trout and bluegill would tear that up.

[islandbass]

I agree with what’s already been said. It not only looks good but is probably pretty universal in fish appeal. 

[Fallser]

Nice, good body shape.  Peacock Herl?  I certainly would fish it, except I would fish it with a fly rod.  I've been tying some 1/32 oz and 1/20 oz jigs for the spring, myself.  You might try tying it with a marabou tail if some came with the kit.  It would give it a bit more action.  Some other colors for trout, olive and a light brown or tan.   Crappie/panfish, Chartreuse, yellow, white are good colors.

[PressuredFishing]

11 hours ago, Fallser said:

Nice, good body shape.  Peacock Herl?  I certainly would fish it, except I would fish it with a fly rod.  I've been tying some 1/32 oz and 1/20 oz jigs for the spring, myself.  You might try tying it with a marabou tail if some came with the kit.  It would give it a bit more action.  Some other colors for trout, olive and a light brown or tan.   Crappie/panfish, Chartreuse, yellow, white are good colors.

Ah yes maribu tail did come with the kit, that is a great idea! I will try that for sure, my grandma's friend gifted me an entire shedding of their peacocks fur and poor Albert the turkey got ate by a cayote this year so I was practicing with those two materials and get better with thread controll and wrapping, my fine motor skills are not the best because of disabilities which can be frustrating, it is fixable but takes much longer to master a skill like tying a fishing knot or shoes or opening a cap off water bottle in comparison to other people. But enough of my rambling, light brown/olive+Peacock here is something I never thought of, that is uper fishy?

[TnRiver46]

That’ll catch trout and crappie for sure. Most people add a grizzly hackle feather to it (palmered over the peacock hurl body) but it’s not totally necessary. For quick effective flies I tie them without the hackle like yours 

[PressuredFishing]

6 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

That’ll catch trout and crappie for sure. Most people add a grizzly hackle feather to it (palmered over the peacock hurl body) but it’s not totally necessary. For quick effective flies I tie them without the hackle like yours 

Ooh I do have some grizzly hackle, that could be a nice addition with a maribu tail as well, maybe it's just me but soft furs feathers and hairs have a ton of action compared to plastic, finding I like them a bit more in comparison to soft plastic crappie baits in the colder months like now

[PaulVE64]

When my soft plastic trailers start looking like hunks of frozen rubber on the hook a zonker strip still looks super fishy with just tiny bit of movement 

[Allaroundfishing]

On 12/26/2021 at 12:02 AM, PressuredFishing said:

Ooh I do have some grizzly hackle, that could be a nice addition with a maribu tail as well, maybe it's just me but soft furs feathers and hairs have a ton of action compared to plastic, finding I like them a bit more in comparison to soft plastic crappie baits in the colder months like now

I used to tie flies and crappie jigs and to get super technical about it, when you add hackle onto a super light fly or jig like that it can slow the fall rate in still water and in current it will actually help keep the bait more neutrally suspended, basically the hackles will help grab enough water that it wont slip down to the bottom as easy in the current and stay higher in the water column. This helps keeping from getting snagged as much!

But yes the natural hairs and materials look so much better in colder water than any clumsy man made attempt at making something rubber look like a bug or minnow

[bulldog1935]

Here's what I fish with fly rod and a T-130 sinking line - the 200R hook, way back and high, takes short-striking fish like crappie and white bass. 

White bass are why I bought my first fly rod at 16. 

In our tailwater one day after a flood-prone monsoon spring, I was swinging a deep gravel bar to check for rainbow holdovers, and brought up two surprise stripers.  The second one finished off the hook, though.