mafloyd88 Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 Hey Guys, I am gonna start pouring the Poison Tail and Snootie jigs shortly. I have never poured a jig that had eyes before so I know nothing about the eyes and the best colors to use. I know that with the various colors, sizes & styles the possibilities are endless. I want to keep it simple. What color eyes would you recommend? The basic jig head colors will be Black, Black w/Blue Flake, Watermelon, Green Pumpkin, Brown and occasionally Blue. I would like to limit it 2 or 3 colors in the various sizes. Thanks Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted December 17, 2012 Report Share Posted December 17, 2012 Mark, I only stock three color eyes, red, gold and silver. I think those colors will cover almost anything you want to make. Eye color is personal preferance. I don't or rarely use eyes on the jigs I fish. It's more of a selling point for me. However eyes do make a jig look really good especially if you make a jig with light colors For some reason a white jig doesn't look complete if it has provisions for eyes and you don't put any in. These are the colors combos that I use. Red and silver eyes on blk, black/blue jigs, gold eyes on brown, green pumpkin and watermelon jigs. Now when you get into lighter colors, red looks really good on white, white/yellow chart and yellow chart. jigs. Silver also looks good on a white jig with silver sides and a black dorsal line. So to put it in a nutshell, whatever you think looks good is all that matters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted December 18, 2012 Report Share Posted December 18, 2012 I do almost the same as Cadman except I have a few odd colors for a line of spinnerbaits and that was 1 purchase, otherwise all my other eyes are red, gold, and silver. If you want just 2 go with gold and silver and the reason is those two colors work with just about any color, red is also a good color but gold and silver are much more versatile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elken Posted December 18, 2012 Report Share Posted December 18, 2012 I have gold, silver, red and chartreuse; silver and gold are the most requested with red coming in third. I only use the chartreuse eyes occasionally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mafloyd88 Posted December 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Thanks for the help guys. I really appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
