Many members here on the forum have followed the family hunting and fishing adventures as our kids have been growing up. Several years ago I gave Layne a fly tying vise that he has used to tie his own trout flies and all of our crappie jigs. The jigs work very well as you can see in the pictures. Having honed his skills, he is enjoying more time at the tying bench and would like to make his "Layne's Lures" crappie jigs available to members here on the forum. (Request to post has been approved by Rick.)

Below are pictures of 1/8 oz. jigs that are available mix & match, first-come/first-served. Colors can be tied on either the 1/8 oz. white/black or orange heads or the 1/32 oz. black heads (last picture). All prices are $4/6 jigs + shipping. (Best value for quantity/shipping is the USPS small flat rate box.) Please send PM with questions, orders, or custom requests. Thanks for viewing and good luck on the water!

What size hooks on the 1/32 jigs?

They are either a #4 or #6, but I will check with Layne to confirm.

Nice looking quality lures. I need to get an order in.
The last pic looks kinda like Fall River Reservoir.

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Thanks for the compliment! I will pass it along to Layne. He has worked hard to get to the point where he is tying high-quality lures and feels good about offering them to others. With the abrupt change to finish out this past school year and the uncertainties in the year ahead this has provided him with something positive that he can focus on. Doesn't hurt my feelings when he then says, "Dad, I have some new colors tied up...let's go test them." Tough job, but someone has to do it. Pictures are from Kanopolis Reservoir this spring. We caught more big crappie there this year than I have ever caught anywhere. Grace gets in on the field-testing sometimes, too...

Reply sent and order confirmed. Thank you.

1 pack white/white
1 pack chart/orange
all in 1/8 oz size
pm me the details--thanks

Thanks for your order. Sent you a pm.

The jig heads we have right now are size #6, but I need to get more ordered and will get some #4's so we have some of both available. Thanks for asking.

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How else could they be tied.. if not by hand...?

There are lots of soft body plastic options for jigs available and that is what I am making the distinction to in comparison. I have used soft body jigs and they will catch fish, but I have always preferred the extra action you get with marabou, especially when vertical jigging or fishing slow under a bobber.

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12 color 1, 12 color 3, 12 color 5, 12 color 7
1/16 oz, #4 hooks
pm to follow

Sent you a pm. Right now we just have these jig head colors in 1/8 oz., but we are ordering several colors of 1/16 oz. jig heads this week. I will post more options as Layne has them available. Thanks for your interest.

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The Crappies are some slabs!!!How does your Son like his pontoon boat?I would not mind having one myself.Huntz

PM sent. Good job Proud Dad!

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Thanks! They were very nice crappie. We had a bunch of 15"+/ 2# fish this spring with the biggest being right at 17"/3#. It didn't take Layne very long at all to get comfortable in his kayak. We started at a local farm pond early this spring to give him experience on a small body of water before heading out to the lake. This trip was a dual-purpose trip as he also wanted to test bass lures that he carved/weighted/painted to get them to suspend and give them the action he wanted. A lot more work than tying the jigs (and required filling the bath tub several times for testing to get the action he wanted), but they worked very well on the bass. Definitely triggered a reaction strike from the bass!










On the next trip we moved out onto the bigger lake, but stayed back in the coves where there is more protection from the wind. Layne really likes the independence of being on the water and being able to decide where he wants to fish. Picked up a couple of used kayaks (Kilroy is a sit in and the Cuda is a sit on) to go with his, so we are now in the process of getting them rigged up for fishing. Now we will be able to take a friend along to join the fun.