Found A New Hobby...

[Steven Ladner]

...and am addicted. I have been buying dressed treble hooks from others for a while. Finally thought I'd give it a try and hopefully save a little $. Ordered the supplies and it was dropped off not too long ago. Got to tying one immediately. I have a whole new respect for those of you that tie flies, definitely must take a lot of patience.

The hook I dressed is kind of basic, all white. But now have some other colors on the way

[esoxangler]

Looks good. Out of curiosity, what size hook is that?

[Steven Ladner]

Thanks. Just put up the last few I tied, finally got the hang of it. All have been Size 4 Owner ST-36s

[islandbass]

Those look great. Just wait until your creativity starts to flow.

For example, I have dubbed this my "Patriot" pattern, inspired after one Fourth of July.

You take good 'ol red, white, and blue feathers:

I use it on poppers and inline spinners.

Yeah, I suck at painting.

Pretty soon you'll be incorporating flashabou and other materials. I find it fun and like lure building, therapeutic.

[Jigfishn10]

They look great Marc David. They certainly will change the whole profile of your bait.

I posted this in the tackle forum not to long ago, but here's one I've been using on a spook jr:

You can see the before in my avatar, the tail really changes the bait.

Keep up the good work, you'll find endless ideas.

A jig I tied last year which really produced for me:

Good luck and have fun tying!

[Steven Ladner]

Island, the Patriot is very cool

Jig, does the dressed treble affect the Spook's action?

[Jigfishn10]

You would think so, but I was really impressed with the action I got from it. It had no impact to the perfromance of the bait. If you go to Heddon's site, they are actually selling feather dressed spooks now. Works great.

http://www.lurenet.com/productdetail.aspx?id=x9236f02

[Jigfishn10]

Island, I just noticed you put the (I'm asuming you used) crystal flash on the outside where I tied mine on first (inside). I like the look you got there. I'll have to try that on future ties. Good job.

[Hooligan]

Nice, Marc, as skilled as you are a painter, you'll adjust in no time at all. It's all about detail and thread control. I just finished an order of trebles for a friend of mine. 140 dressed trebles in white, red, and orange; all with Crystal Flash or Flashabou. I used to average 1400 dozen annually. Now I'm closer to 500 or so. It's definitely an enjoyable hobby, and you can make some pretty decent money at it, too.

[detroit1]

That jig is sick. The trebles have a slight temp, but that jig is sick. I want a dozen.