Was experimenting with some mini chickabou I picked up from Ebay auction. Really nice small grizzly marabou all different colors
Tied up a small “fluffy” nymph all tied from the fluff scrap from the mini bou material, tail, dubbed body, some flash and tied the hackle fibers with a dub loop sweeped back. This is on #8 lite wire 90 degree jig hook and x-small conehead.
I haven’t been able to field test it but tested in the sink and it sinks fairly quickly with the cone head. may tie up a couple with some additional lead wraps behind the cone. I like the action of the chickabou really flows nicely.
Nice tie…I can see that working for trout easily…it could represent a crawfish, sculpin, or just a nymph. All that “fluff” should make it look alive. Did you use the marabou for the dubbing as well?
I picked up a bunch of these jig hooks awhile back and thought I’d experiement with them. Took some of them and bent the eye end so they where more of a 30 degree bend and tied on some small bead chain eyes. Great little panfish hook.
That’s great about the beadchain eyes! It looks like those hooks work really well with the cones, too. Looks fairly weedless, and keeps the hook riding point-up.