Jigs

Bladed jigs, hair jigs, and how to pick a jig's head shape, weight and trailer. The skirted jig types (casting, flipping, football, swim, finesse, punch) are under hooks, in Jig hooks and jig heads.

A jig is a lead or tungsten head moulded onto a jig hook. The skirted jig types, classified by head shape, live with the jig heads under hooks: Skirted jigs. This page keeps the two jigs that are lures of their own kind, bladed and hair, and the choices that apply to every jig: head shape, weight and trailer.

1. Bladed jigs — A swim-jig head with a hexagonal blade clipped to the line tie. The blade makes it hunt side to side and vibrate hard. The line ties to the blade, so it is a jig, not a…
2. Hair jigs — A small round-head jig dressed with marabou, bucktail or feathers instead of silicone. Hair breathes in cold water at almost no speed, which silicone does not. The…
3. Head shape and weight — Head shape by bottom and cover Weight by depth Weight by depth is a starting point from guide tables, not a rule: the right weight is the lightest that keeps you in…
4. Trailers — The trailer sets the jig's fall speed, bulk and action. Pick it with the jig, not after. Thread the trailer straight and to the end of the hook shank: a crooked trailer…