Jigs: 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.

ItemDetail
HeadRound, usually no guard
Weight1/32–1/4 oz (0.9–7 g); float-n-fly 1/16–1/8 oz (1.8–3.5 g)
DressingMarabou, bucktail, feathers; no trailer
WhereCold water below 10 °C (50 °F); bluffs, points, docks
Float-n-flyJig set 2.4–3.7 m (8–12 ft) under a float; let the waves work it, twitch, sit
CastingSlow swim or drag
Rod / lineFloat-n-fly: 8–11' (2.4–3.4 m) spinning rod, 4 lb line
SpeciesSmallmouth bass, largemouth, walleye, crappie

The coldest month of the year is the hair jig's month: fish suspended off bluffs will not chase anything faster.

Top 10 in four markets

United States

  1. Dale Hollow Tackle Original Punisher Hair Jig — $2.69. Tackle Warehouse 'Hair Jigs' > Hair Jigs section (33 items) sorted by Popularity: #1; 1/8, 3/16, 1/4, 3/8 oz (3.5, 5.3, 7, 10.6 g); hand-tied craft-hair finesse jig that stays lively in cold water; flat-bottom head
  2. 6th Sense Flock Hair Jig — $9.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Hair Jigs' > Hair Jigs section (33 items) sorted by Popularity: #2; 5/16, 3/8, 5/8, 3/4 oz (9, 10.6, 17.7, 21 g); preacher-style hair jig of bucktail, duck feathers and mylar for ledge fishing; 5.0/5 avg (2 reviews)
  3. Outkast Tackle Chicken Hair Jig — $15.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Hair Jigs' > Hair Jigs section (33 items) sorted by Popularity: #3; 1/2, 5/8, 3/4 oz (14, 17.7, 21 g); bulky synthetic-fiber preacher jig with a slow fall for summer schools; 4.2/5 avg (5 reviews)
  4. 6th Sense Fluff Flock Hair Jigs — $10.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Hair Jigs' > Hair Jigs section (33 items) sorted by Popularity: #4; 5/8 oz 6/0, 3/4 oz 7/0, 1 oz 7/0 (17.7, 21, 28 g); craft-fur version of the Flock jig with a vertical line tie
  5. True Bass Shuttlecock Hair Jig — $15.49. Tackle Warehouse 'Hair Jigs' > Hair Jigs section (33 items) sorted by Popularity: #5; 3/8, 5/8, 7/8 oz (10.6, 17.7, 25 g); magnum bucktail jig tied with twice the deer hair plus hackle and flashabou
  6. Northland Tackle Minnesota Mullet Hair Jig — $9.97 - $15.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Hair Jigs' > Hair Jigs section (33 items) sorted by Popularity: #6; 3/8 oz 4/0 to 3/4 oz 5/0 (10.6 to 21 g); mullet-style synthetic hair jig that hovers on the fall; Gamakatsu hook; 4.5/5 avg (2 reviews)
  7. VMC MTJ Moon Tail Jig 2pk — $7.29. Tackle Warehouse 'Hair Jigs' > Hair Jigs section (33 items) sorted by Popularity: #7; 1/8, 1/4, 3/8 oz (3.5, 7, 10.6 g); flat aspirin-head bucktail jig that darts and rolls; finesse; 5.0/5 avg (3 reviews)
  8. Mepps Bucktail Jig — $3.79 - $4.09. Tackle Warehouse 'Hair Jigs' > Hair Jigs section (33 items) sorted by Popularity: #8; 1/8 oz 1/0 to 1/2 oz 2/0 (3.5 to 14 g); hand-tied bucktail and flashabou jig for smallmouth, largemouth and walleye
  9. SPRO Prime Bucktail Jig — $6.99 - $7.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Hair Jigs' > Hair Jigs section (33 items) sorted by Popularity: #9; 3/16, 1/2, 3/4, 1 oz (5.3, 14, 21, 28 g); shaped-head bucktail jig with a gliding descent
  10. 6th Sense Finesse Flock Hair Jig — $8.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Hair Jigs' > Hair Jigs section (33 items) sorted by Popularity: #10; 3/16 oz 2/0, 5/16 oz 2/0 (5.3, 9 g); reduced-profile Flock jig on a lighter hook; tinsel, feathers and bucktail

Canada

  1. Berkley Fusion19 Bucktail Jig — C$6.99–C$8.49. anglingsports.ca 'Bucktail Jigs' collection, best-selling sort #1 of 10; fishingworld.ca carries it (found by store search only, not placed in any best-selling collection); 1/4 – 1 oz; bucktail jig
  2. Kalin's Google Eye Hair Jig — C$9.99. fishingworld.ca 'ALL JIGS' collection, best-selling sort #11 of 103; single store, position 11; 1/8 – 3/8 oz; walleye hair jig with 3-D eyes
  3. SPRO Bucktail Jig — C$5.99. anglingsports.ca 'Bucktail Jigs' collection, best-selling sort #2 of 10; single store, position 2; 1/4 – 1 oz; prime bucktail jig
  4. VMC Pro Series Bucktail Jig — C$6.99–C$9.99. anglingsports.ca 'Bucktail Jigs' collection, best-selling sort #3 of 10; fishingworld.ca 'WALLEYE/PERCH JIGS' collection, best-selling sort #39 of 94; 1/4 – 1 oz; bucktail jig
  5. Northland Deep-V Bucktail Jig — C$6.99. fishingworld.ca 'WALLEYE/PERCH JIGS' collection, best-selling sort #24 of 94; single store, position 24; 1/4 – 1/2 oz; bucktail jig on a Deep-V head
  6. Northland Deep-Vee Flash Tail Jig — C$7.99. anglingsports.ca 'Bucktail Jigs' collection, best-selling sort #4 of 10; single store, position 4; 1/4 – 1/2 oz; bucktail with flash on a Deep-V head
  7. 6th Sense Flock Hair Jig — C$12.99–C$13.99. anglingsports.ca 'Bucktail Jigs' collection, best-selling sort #5 of 10; single store, position 5; 1/8 – 3/8 oz; bass finesse hair jig
  8. Northland Marabou Jig Elite Series — C$11.99. anglingsports.ca 'Bass Fishing Baits & Lures' collection, best-selling sort #187 of 322; single store, position 187 — weak evidence; 1/8 – 3/8 oz; marabou hair jig
  9. Strike King Mr. Crappie Slab Daddy Hair Jig — C$6.99. anglingsports.ca 'Bucktail Jigs' collection, best-selling sort #6 of 10; single store, position 6; 1/16 – 1/8 oz; crappie hair jig
  10. Northland Minnesota Mullet — C$21.99. anglingsports.ca 'Bucktail Jigs' collection, best-selling sort #7 of 10; single store, position 7; 1/2 – 1 oz; big bucktail for musky and pike

Japan

  1. Biovex Long Hair — ¥429 (naturum list price). naturum keyword search 'ヘアジグ' (hair jig) in lures, best-selling sort #1 (no such genre in the naturum tree); 3g; 3 g hair jig with fine weed guard
  2. Vanfook Leech 1.8g — ¥381 (naturum list price). naturum keyword search 'マラブー' (marabou) in lures, best-selling sort #1 (no such genre in the naturum tree); 1.8g; 1.8 g marabou / rabbit-hair jig
  3. Daiwa Masu no Hana II — ¥770 (naturum list price). naturum keyword search 'フェザージグ' (feather jig) in lures, best-selling sort #5 (no such genre in the naturum tree); 2.0 g; 2 g feather jig for area trout

China

  1. HENG JIA 亨嘉 鹿毛铅头钩 (bucktail jig) 7 g — ¥9.8 / item. Taobao list page 'bucktail hook' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-28): position 11 of 20; shop 小道士精品百货店. Position 11 of the bucktail hook list, the only bucktail jig on Taobao lists (the rest are dry flies); cropped to the jig held in hand.

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