At A Total Loss With Jigs!

[DoveTail]

... does anyone cast them with a fly rod?

I see people all the time using small jigs on fly rods. Of course they are not using 10wt rods so the micro jigs are small.

[cotterboy2007]

Here is another article on jigs with a few different perspectives. keep trying and you will get it. IMO The most important thing is to match the right weight jig with the amount of water and speed of the flow. I have found the 3/32 to be very effective when a 1/16 is too light and 1/8 too heavy. i prefer jigs from ejigs.com over zig jigs. The link is posted. they are less than a dollar a piece if bought a dozen at a time. They have better hooks IMO. Also, get yourself a good rod with matching size reel. I use a 7 foot g loomis medum light rod that is a saltwater popping rod, and i love it. Good backbone, and allows me to cast as far as I need to. Reel is a plueger president 6725 size I think. They are around $50 and are comparable to some much higher priced reels. I have landed up to eight pounders on this set up and four pound line.

http://ozarkanglers.com/forums/index.php?s...&hl=brigman

http://ejigs.com/Files/Product/Trout_1072/Default.asp

[soggyfeet]

Having watched a few posts on here about the jigs, does anyone cast them with a fly rod? Jigs have been around for years and popular at the trout parks. I really can't remember the last time I even carried a spinning rod to a trout park or any stream around there. I am interested in using them on 11 pt river. Any ideas or hints?

When I'm at tany thats all I use is a fly rod. When I first started useing the jigs is because some lady in a guide boat was floating by killing them with a peach jig and her partner was doing just as well on a olive. So I went up to Anglers and Archery and they set me up with some jigs they thought would work and boy did they ever. Like I said when the fog is on the water seems to work the best. I've been down there severl times in the early morning catching them every other cast hearing the guys upstream cussing me(they wernt doing that well till I give them one or two) but as soon as the fog lifts the bite slows way down.

Heres another jig like thing I have tied that works well

[bigredbirdfan]

Here is another article on jigs with a few different perspectives. keep trying and you will get it. IMO The most important thing is to match the right weight jig with the amount of water and speed of the flow. I have found the 3/32 to be very effective when a 1/16 is too light and 1/8 too heavy. i prefer jigs from ejigs.com over zig jigs. The link is posted. they are less than a dollar a piece if bought a dozen at a time. They have better hooks IMO. Also, get yourself a good rod with matching size reel. I use a 7 foot g loomis medum light rod that is a saltwater popping rod, and i love it. Good backbone, and allows me to cast as far as I need to. Reel is a plueger president 6725 size I think. They are around $50 and are comparable to some much higher priced reels. I have landed up to eight pounders on this set up and four pound line.

http://ozarkanglers.com/forums/index.php?s...&hl=brigman

http://ejigs.com/Files/Product/Trout_1072/Default.asp

Great Information. I will be getting a Linger Lesson next weekend.

For a good well stocked tackle box of jigs what do you keep? Colors and sizes if you don't mind sharing?

Thx,

BRBF

[twosets]

With a fly rod Phil has some micro jigs in his fly shop that are 1/256 oz I believe.

These work well in no or lite water generation conditions. My favorites are pink, olive or sculpin colors, fished anywhere between 2 to 6 feet under a float. You can use a spinning rod withthese, but a fly rod gives a better cast.

With more than 2 units running, I like to go heavier with a spinning rod, all the way up to 1/8 oz with a large split shot added when the flood gates are open. Getting close to the bottom is important IMO.

Keep at it and get some fishing time in with someone who has some experiance.

[Toby from MO]

about floats...

Is there preference for a specific type, material or size of float? Does a guy need to spend dollars on a “good” float or pennies on any float? I jig fish for crappie a lot (i.e. 1/32oz, 1/16oz, 1/8oz) but I have never fished a jig under a float.

Having never fished for trout before I do understand their bite is light. To ensure indication of a strike how critical is it to match size of float to size jig being used and how does material or type of float affect this…i.e. are certain materials (such as wood vs. foam) more accommodating to varying jig sizes?

For example, when bluegill fishing I like to use unweighted spring pencil floats made from balsa. They are very sensitive and typically accommodate a small variation in splitshot size. Would these work?

I’ve heard many folks say recommend slip floats…is due to personal preference or is there a reason?

[twosets]

It is important to be able to move the float around to determine how deep is right for the area or drift speed that you are fishing.

Fly shop have cheap brightly colored floats that you put in place with toothpicks in a wide variety of sizes. These are what most people use. If you are fishing a tiny jig ( or midge) 2ft deep, you need to use as small a float as possible.

[loo10]

about floats...

... how critical is it to match size of float to size jig being used

Not very. Just get a small float and attach a 1/8 oz jig to it and HEAVE HOOOOOOOO.

(Not really. Just cracking myself up)

Use as small a float as possible that will float your jig.

You want it to react if a trout even breathes on it. Good luck!

[jdmidwest]

So is it the angle of the jig hook that gives the results, action? Has anyone tried a marabou bead head fly tied on a standard nymph hook? You can make a bead head lighter and easier to cast than most can find light weight jigs. I picked up a few hundred of 1/32 and 1/64 last week at Crappie Co. in Dexter. I really don't think I could go any lighter on an ultralight rod. The 1/64 should cast with a 5 wt pretty good. They had one size smaller, but looking at it, I figured I could do just as well with a 1/8" bead head.