tail dressings
 

curious for input on a bad weather day...

On these four types of plugs
pencils
needlefish
danny/metal lip
spook

what type of tail hook dressing are you using??

feathers?
bucktail?
Teaser only?
Siwash only?
Calftail hair?
Treble only?
or a combo of each??

thanks...question probably alittle late...I have tied a couple hundred of each:yak:

pics ALWAYS welcome...please!!!!

I personally like to dress my needles with long hackles of corresponding color(to the plug). For metal lips a little bit of white bucktail. And for the spooks and pencils I ussually just leave an undressed treble.

My 2cents

Metal lip.......no hook just a little bucktail and some thin hackles
Needle........same dressing on a siwash, but often you don't want any or the profile gets too long
Spook.....better action without, anything that adds drag to the tail is counterproductive.
Pencil, less critical than a spook, particularly if you fish them fast, but I like them slow and gliding a bit so I stay away from dressings.

I don't care for any of the synthetics...
Short hackles are nice on metal lips it breathes when u stop em..

maribou
 

looks like this could be a good tail hook dressing...any thoughts

[QUOTE=mrstriper;547556]curious for input on a bad weather day...

On these four types of plugs
pencils- plain treble
needlefish- plain treble unless it's a hab's, i stick with a si-was w/ hackle or bucktail and a hint of crystal flash
danny/metal lip- depends.....some times just a teaser, dressed si-wash, plain treble or dress treble
spook-naked treble

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added preference above. to be honest I don't think it matters all that much. i like to try different combinations.

tail dressings
 

may have to tie more bulk...could probably thin out later...thanks for the pics

and dannies
 

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dressings...
 

Thanks again for more pics...I am on the right track...something to keep me busy in the winter months...


also...where do people feel is the best place to buy tying supplies??

Bear's Den in Taunton is well stocked. Orvis shop in Chatham probably has what you need as well.

M&D's doesn't have the largest selection of tying supplies but I always find that they have the best bucktails. They do have pretty much everything you need for plug dressings. Saltwater Edge is another obvious winner.

pencils-"usually" none.....

needlefish-none(on the ones I mostly buy,namely Gibbs,Afterhours and Superstrike) though on the ones I make I tie a Seaducer/type med/long saddle hackle water-pushing huge tail.

Swimmers-I don't add any ...go w/what the maker's put on there but on my own metal-lips I like a small hackle /bucktail in matching colors

Spooks-none, ever.

Pencils and spooks, plain treble. Dressing dampens the action.
Needles, doesn't matter, I can't catch on them anyway :fishslap:
Swimmers, depends on the style and hook configuration. A pikie with a belly and tail hook, I leave them plain. Danny with two belly hooks, I use some bucktail on a piece of wire (no tail hook). Adds to the action.

Jigman