In a world full of soft plastics where innovation in crappie jigs are the equivalent of a clip-on tie, a dyed-in-the-wool crappie fisherman has a hard time finding a quality, hand-tied crappie jig.
That problem was what started Ronnie McKee, aka Stump Hunter, on the path to making and tying his own jigs. As it turned out, he wasn’t alone; a lot of crappie and panfish anglers were missing the effectiveness of hair and other fibrous, hand-tied baits.
“Every bait is trying to imitate a shad, and that’s basically what your hand-ties are going do, but with a lot more action than plastic,” he said. “A lot of people use a curlytail that only has a little bit of movement. Run it alongside a hair jig and you can see how much more lifelike movement hair, hackle and other hand tied jigs have.”
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