How To Make A Crappie Swim Jig For Bass Fishing

Crappie Swim Jig Recipe

👉 Swim Jig Head

Poison Swingtail Jig Mold ($56)
The Poison Swingtail mold continues to be one of the most popular molds that I showcase, and for good reason. Not only is the Poison Swingtail Jig a knockout gorgeous swim jig, but it’s also completely weedless!
It’s the perfect swim jig for the grassy lakes abundant in my neck of the woods 💪.

Wire Form STW130 ($9.35 / 100)
For this build, I will be using the STW130 wire form for the hook eye and for the wire loop that I will be attaching a worm hook to. It’s possible to craft simple swimbait jigs using a connector link and a spinnerbait hook… but that’s a recipe for another day 😉.

White Protec Powder Paint ($8.25)
White powder paint is as basic as it gets. Using Protec here, since it’s easy for me (and every other jig maker) to get a hold of.

Pearl 3D Eyes 5/32″ ($3.26 / 20)
These pearl eyes are very new to me (I use gold eyes and red eyes fairly often). With that said, I love the glisten these pearl eyes give off! It reminds me of the shimmery translucence you typically see on a crappie.

Gamakatsu EWG Worm Hook 2/0 ($4.04 / 6)
Most jigs are built using a jig hook and a weedguard. But since this Poison Swingtail Jig is built using the STW130 wire form, we can attach an EWG worm hook and rig a trailer on weedlessly to create a completely snag-free jig! 🤯 #gamechanger

👉 Swim Jig Skirt

Silver Danville 210 Denier Flat Waxed Nylon Thread ($2.19)
Historically, I’ve hand tied skirts onto jigs using wire. Recently, I’ve transitioned to hand tying skirts using thread… and it has re-stoked my love for jig tying!

Thread tying gives you so much control, and it’s marvelously therapeutic. I doubt I’ll ever go back to wire tying!

For this build, I built a compact thread collar using silver flat waxed nylon thread. The silver color blends in perfectly with the silicone skirt material.

1 Tab Clear Crystal Blue Shadow Fish Scale Silicone ($3.58)
The bulk of this crappie pattern has this Clear Crystal Blue Shadow Fish Scale material (what a mouthful 🤪) on top. In my humble opinion, this skirt material is perfect for mimicking the mottled blue/green/translucent color that you typically see on the top of a crappie.

1/2 Tab Clear Crystal Silicone ($2.78)
To build the belly color of this swim jig, I started with a 1/2 tab of this clear crystal silicone material. This material not only gives us a nice translucence, it also gives the belly a nice speckled pepper look!

1/2 Tab Solid White Silicone ($3.18)
Finishing up this crappie pattern, I tied in a 1/2 tab of solid white silicone material on the belly. This material will lay behind the clear crystal material, and will provide that solid white belly color that we want.