I've got some old hair tail crappie jigs that I can not for the life of me seem to find anymore. From the 70's through the early 90's every lakeside baitshop in western Oklahoma had them but its been almost 20 years since I have seen them for sale and numerous Google searches have yielded nothing. Just thought some of the folks here might have seen them before or happen to know where to find them.
I can't even find a mold to pour this style of head. They have a very unique action from that wedge on the top of the head.

http://www.jimporter.org/crappie/ --- pretty close.

Them are old. They have a bigger version for striper but with a different head.

If I were to make a jig like that. I believe a non removable split shot crimped on with a 1/16 swag and clip the end to give it that point would be a close match. I'll go see.

Didn't work. I need a smaller swager.

I was curious as to maybe using a internal tube head and just pinching the end of it but it probably wouldn't be the right diameter. I'm really more concerned about the design of the head and shortness of the hair. Those two features seem to give them their uniqueness. That being said those are some awesome looking jigs MJM I especially like the one with the little diving lip.

Imo about the closest modern day jig to that one would be a Slater Jig.

I remember YoYoing with them jigs in Lake Texoma back in early 80's We would wade in the water and go from one willow tree to the next. . I fished with a History instructor ( Hoot Vernon ) at Murrey state college in Tishamingo Ok. It seem like a life time ago

used to clamp on a split-shot and wrap colored pipe cleaners around the hook don't believe they looked as good as MJM's

Found them! Big daddy lures in locust Grove Oklahoma if anyone else is interested. I just ordered a bunch of them lol.

You can't use those old jigs you used to catch fish with in the 1970's. Everybody knows that you have to go out and buy the new latest greatest designs they come out with every year! And two of each color.

Those look similar...but not the same as your firs picture of them.

Good deal Davis. I will check them out, I was looking though some of my old fishing stuff last night but didn't find any.

Here are the ones I tie up for my self as crappie jigs.. I think if a guy had a few simple metal working tools you could maybe make a mold for that wedge head style..



Mac

You are right walleye the methods used with these jigs in the 70's and 80's is outdated now and the fish where we use them have seen everything new for the last 25 years. I just thought getting back to the basics and trying it the old way might be something brand new to them again lol. I'm really looking for the jigs more for nostalgia sake than anything else. My dad and uncles and my grandad used that style of jig for walleye in the spillway at our local lake and I'm lucky enough that one of my uncles passed their methods on to me and I plan to pass it on down the line before I get too old to do it. Just like trapping there's old knowledge that can still put fur on the board and food on the table and we can't let it die with us.