Thanx everyone for all your replies and help. Going to tie some of these and see just how how they are. Thanx again. 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
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.
Bear742
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
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......