Phil's Taney Jigs - Work Anywhere Else

[mic]

I have always wondered.  Will the jigs used with great success on Taney work in the other trout parks.  I assume no because of vegetation, but curiosity got the best of me.

[FishnDave]

They'll catch fish anywhere.  Its up to the angler to avoid getting hung up on weeds and rocks.  

[Devan S.]

Can confirm.

Have caught fish on the San Juan in New Mexico, High alpine lakes for Colorado Cutties in Co, Cutties and Rainbows in Arizona, Beaver Tailwaters, multiple trout in Nebraska lakes, and RRSP. 

[JestersHK]

I've caught trout all over US on jigs. They work well out west and on east coast too, from tiny creeks to big tail waters. 

Caught plenty of bass and bream on them too.

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

I've caught bluegill and bass in my local creek on them.  

[mic]

So how do you fish them in small water.  On Taney (from Phils videos), they are bouncing them off the bottom using a spin rod.  Now remember his jigs are smallish.  

[nomolites]

38 minutes ago, mic said:

So how do you fish them in small water.  On Taney (from Phils videos), they are bouncing them off the bottom using a spin rod.  Now remember his jigs are smallish.  

Lighter for less flow, the heavier the flow the heavier the jig.

Mike

[JestersHK]

I typically run the smaller size jigs on 2lb line and fish them fast jigging through slow water to swim them.   And then drift and just pop them through faster water.  They are great producers on fish that typically only see fly rod presented baits, and generate some aggressive bites. 

[Seth]

I use 1/32-1/16oz jigs at Maramec all year long.

[tjm]

 Fish it like the food you want to imitate, let the jig lay still to imitate a rock or a snail, make it swim to represent a bait fish/fry, pick it up a ways and let it dive back into the bottom to represent a crawdad, let it tumble freely to represent a nymph or such that is caught in the current. A popular way to fish jigs in the parks is with a fly line and a bobber. Do they work in this place or that? sure they do,  and to illustrate that, think of any  conehead or bead head or lead eyed Clouser or Whistler as being a jig; lures weighted at the head so that they dive rather than sink slowly on an even keel.

I don't know what the jigs you reference look like, but I'd bet they will work in almost any water that has any kind of fish.

To fish a jig in vegetation, incorporate a weed guard.