Mighty Mite

[mathcarver]

Thanx everyone for all your replies and help. Going to tie some of these and see just how how they are. Thanx again. mathcarver

[Bear742]

Maybe you were looking for the classic Mini-Mite which comes in several sizes including an oxyimoronic Big Mini-Mite.

http://www.cubbylures.com/

Seeing that skinny tail and the price tag for one, I immediately said I can do that for less. My flyrod size consists of a small 1/32 or 1/16 jig with a small tube jig. Here's the trick, I trim off all the tentacles except for one or two. The remaining tentacles quiver with the slightest motion. And crappies eat it.

[bowfin47]

Another very similar micro jig pattern in the "Cap Spider" that was tied by the late Micheal Verduin. Micheal was a fabulous tyer, a wonderful guy, and the second recipient of the Federation of Fly Fishers' Dick Nelson Teaching Award.

Do yourself a favor and watch the You Tube video of him tying the Cap Spider:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzZekzILGRI

[Gigmaster]

A lot of the flies I see called the Mighty Mite, are the same thing I've been tying for crappie since the 1960s, but we always just called it a FleFly. It's just a beadhead version of a generic Marabou Crappie jig.

A rose by any other name......