Rubber Leg & Tinsel Jigs

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Why no pictures thus far ? Please.. for goodness sakes.. somebody post a pic of this "killer-jig" or "jig's". Might even be news to us here in the Branson / Taneycomo regional waters.

But, it's no longer a 'secret'.. believe me.

Let's see it - Brian

[shawncat]

Brian,I have no digital camara.The rubber leg is 1/32 lead head wrapped in chennille with white rubber legs tied horizontally or vertically across the back.Tinsel is same head with a thin shiny tinsel tied on.If we can't get a picture soon p.m me and I'll send you a few.Check out Troutjigs website.The pictures are not that good but you can can get the drift.

[Troutjig.com]

Brian, for some reason I'm getting an error when trying to post a picture on here. Try this link for the ever so popular green and white rubber-leg jig:

http://www.troutjig.com/green_and_white.jpg

Here is a picture of the jig I use the most, the green tinsel jig:

http://www.troutjig.com/green_tinsel.jpg

Here is a link to all of the jigs on our site:

Rubber-Leg: http://www.troutjig.com/rprod.asp

Tinsel: http://www.troutjig.com/tprod.asp

shawncat's description above is correct. all of the jig heads on the internet are hand dipped in powder paint.

shawncat - I'm not sure if I should increase the quality of the pics on the site or not. We tried to make it so that the pics would load quickly if someone was on dial-up. I've thought about breaking it up and having better quality pics if the user has a high-speed connection. decisions, decisions

[shawncat]

Checked out your new pictures.They look great.The pics on the site are fine too.A little mystery never hurt anyone. You may sell more jigs and therefore more $$$$ to fish.

[Troutjig.com]

very true

When is the next time you are going to be at Maramec Springs? If it is before next Sunday the 23rd, we'll have to meet up so you can give me any last minute info I need for the White River. My buddy and I tied up a bunch of flies to use down there. Can't wait!

[shawncat]

I sent you a p.m.

[Center Punch]

dont know if this has been mentioned already(didnt bother reading other posts)

go stand off the swinging bridge with a green and white jig and absolutely slay the fish. when i used to fish with ultralights(about 2-5years ago)i tyed these jigs and hammered the trout. to be 100 percent completely honest, in my opinion, it is just too easy to

catch them. i would all the time have people come up and "bug" me about what i was using(this is before the jig got real popular) i really enjoy helping others catch fish so i would give them several

jigs and help them in presenting them. i noticed that most people jig it just

barely underneath the water surface and dont have the greatest depth perception. you will find especially in the middle of the day that the trout

at meramec are not that agressive so you have to bring the jig to their level.

it dont matter what trout, as long as you can see it and get a drift to it

you can catch it with these rubber band leg jigs. still to this day, even though i fly fish now, everybody and their brother are using the jig and catching a ton of fish. so if you want to go down and catch fish or get a

beginner into catching fish, have he/she use this approach. i personally cannot stand this jig anymore just because i am tired of looking at it day in and day out and because i dont even own an ultralight anymore. i will stick

to my favorite fly(secret!!!) and see how long it takes for people to catch on. oh! by the way, i have probably about 300 hooks leftover from when i did tie them that if anybody is interested in i will let go for pretty cheap.

i will have to check the size, but i know they are not the biggest ones at

djs but the one step smaller.(either 1/32 or 1/64). i dont want to sound negative towards the jig but i wish some more people at meramec would make

the switch over to the darkside and put a fly rod in their hands. no body

has respect for the flyfisherman down there at all. out of all the parks and

streams it seems that the people at meramec(not mentioning any names)seem to have the least amount of stream etiquette. oh well. i still think it is hilarious that most of these people will take 4 casts and keep 4 fish in

less than 4 minutes and call it a day. what ever happened to catch and release??????