Black works good. Gold shiner color is up there. Combined black and blue 3/8 and 1/2 oz.for chatterbaits.

Pig and Jig, black and blue. Or just black. Brown would be a third choice. 1/4 oz. - 1/2 oz.

Those would be my choices.

I've played with some options for coloring the blades, getting the final finish to be durable seems to be the trick - spray painting them is certainly the easiest but it wears fairly easily.

Bucktail jigs with a weedguard for pike fishing...now that's an idea.

I'm tying the chatterbaits with a trailer keeper design that I found in a youtube video by Aaron Martens.

if you have face book check out Bryant's custom jigs and Al Rubosky, both make custom jigs/chatterbaits, spinner baits, under spins etc... They are top of the line, built to last. Also, rocky ledge makes some awesome spinner baits too.

Well, I have plenty of chatterbaits left over (sizes from 1/4oz -> 1oz variety of colors), and quite a few blue/black arkie jigs in 3/8oz & 1/2oz. I'll ship them out to anyone interested using flat rate boxes in groups of 5 chatterbaits or 8 jigs for $20, $4 per additional chatterbait, $2.50 per additional jig. All chatterbaits use stainless clips, stainless blades, Mustad hooks, hand tied skirts along with a hand tied bait keeper.

Nice looking CBs there. What material do you use to fasten the skirt to the jig?

Been playing around with bucktail combinations by request. Pretty happy with how the first one with the internal silicone for highlighting/flash only came out - the other is really just a std. chatterbait with bucktail for the body in place of a soft plastic.

You selling those or just personal use?

Going to use them for blackfish?

I have a number of different colors of bucktail, head paint, silicone & flashabou, so I can make the bucktail ones to order.

Nice

Still making them to order. Many custom sizes/colors available

Black and blue and bluegill colors for both.

I fish worker black/blue or bluegill. Both I make at home.

More from the recent order - many custom configuration examples all with tied on skirts to survive pike attacks. Banded skirts are an option too, but have less profile and less action and are prone to being cut-off by pike or other toothy fish. Each hook has a piece of weed-guard tied and cemented into a very effective double barb bait keeper:

A heavyweight golden shiner pattern with a 1oz football head:



3/8oz 6/0 Spinnerbaits in the golden shiner pattern



1oz football head hook alewife pattern with a pearlescent hue:



1/2oz weedless arky jigs with rattles in the craw pattern:



1oz streamlined head in a green pumpkin pattern & 1oz football jig with rattle in the same:




Newest style 5/8oz punching/weedless head in all black w/ gold blade:



1/2oz Arky in a golden shiner with copperhead head paint & gold blade: