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@N Florida Mike, this is a Fall to remember for you. What a beauty! Whatchya fool her with?

You would be disappointed. In the state I live in we can’t fish with lead jigs or sinkers. And the waters I do fish in are weedy. So there’s not many choices. I can get non lead but they can get expensive and I do have grass jigs that are unleaded. Before our laws changed banning lead jigs and sinker you would have seen football jigs, arky jigs and grass jigs. In different weights and skirt colors. I was fishing as much out of state as I was fishing in state. Those jigs all had a specific application. My family grew and my out of state fishing stopped with the exception of saltwater fishing and of course the law. I sold or gave away my jigs, sold my jig mold to a member here and only buy what I think I need for the season.

Jigs to me should be selected based on the depth I’m fishing at, rate of fall, and structure/ cover I’m fishing in. Add to that; the structure and cover equation. Then the choice of the jig itself; weight, head style, line tie. Then let’s figure out trailer/soft plastic There’s too many variables to consider here first

Be careful bud, the cardio will catch up on ya. You’re a good father @12poundbass

Oh wow. Happy Thanksgiving my friend! Do you dare to take on 6pound on an open field tackle in a backyard football game these days? I would suggest you don’t! Haha Enjoy my friend

@12poundbass, I’m as Lite as you tonight! Do you know what Miller Lite and making love in a canoe have in common? It’s F’n close to water

To add to @Choporoz's post - a really good post I might add. If you tie a jig with a 90* line tie you will notice that it pretty much stays horizontal and is pretty balanced when you hold it up with the line. My bucktails are all 90* and I use them vertical or near vertical presentations - as Choporoz mentions - in deep water while drifting. If you look at the 60* line tie it pretty much mimics a spinnerbait - not totally, but close - and is great for swimming along the floor of the lake and depending on head style deflects off cover. A grass jig has less than 30* line tie and is great for swimming and coming thru ... grass. The line tie mimics that of a Texas rig - altho a t-rig's line tie is straight - which allows it to come thru heavy cover easier with a more bullet shaped head. As far as the rotated line tie? Denny Brauer used it a lot and maintained that it came thru cover easier. I never experienced much of a difference

Agree @A-Jay, grip strength is virtually never talked about and, obviously, an overlooked metric that needs to be taken seriously. Loved the post and reminder

Some of @WRB-2.0’s jigs. With Tom’s permission of course

Joedodge, this is a great read authored by @WRB-2.0

Tom, with your permission or not, I'm stealing some of those color schemes Thanks for posting

I love fishing bucktails. Here some I made and fish with.

Yeah, Taco Bell can cause some intestinal damage, so I totally believe this. CODE RED! Right there. No warning signs, ‘Just get the h3!! outta the way!’

I get why this thread was created and understand that most ppl don't have confidence of breaking a reel down and cleaning it out, but with the cost of reels today - let's say the one's that cost $100 - $300 here - why wouldn't you want the piece of mind of going into the next season with a reel that's been fully maintained? And then a drop of oil here and a quick clean of external elements there during the season. Maybe I'm old school and don't subscribe to the throw away and buy new mentality. Just musing

Oh crap, mine went in 3 1/2 weeks ago .... totally forgot about it

They really need to come back with rear window cranks ... on the exterior ...

I've been on a baked beans kick lately, so if you got extra you want to unload (no pun intended), I'll PM my address ...

A win within your division is always huge. Congrats to da Bears

Coldwater for me as well. Our waters get waaaay too weedy by mid June. The technique @Pat Brown explains above is probably the best I've used in the past. Great post Pat!

So sunfish and craws have black on them, so why not have black in your skirt mix? Why not incorporate colors that are in trout and shiners? White? Purple? Red? Blue? All work. Incorporate what's already in nature if you want to "match the hatch" (a fly fisherman's term) and make you lure look like it belongs in nature. But don't forget about completely going the other way and have like a bubble gum or caution orange and make your lure look like it doesn't belong in nature. Predator may see that and try to annihilate it 'so I better get it first before it gets me'.

For starters what are your confidence colors? Spinnerbaits and chatter baits def need White in it. Chartreuse mixed in is a classic. Jigs for me start with black and blue. Another classic. I would throw those in the cart and then branch out from there. Can’t wait to hear from our tackle builders on here. I’m pretty basic and love my bucktails Can’t wait to see yours

I’m on the coast of Maine and don’t venture Maine’s interior very often. I forget how beautiful Maine is. Thanks for posting those pics!

I pretty much went old school and keep it pretty simple. It worked then why not now? Although, if you look at what our talented members are doing in the tackle making forum you’d in in awe like me. You’ll be saying to yourself; “I want that!” it doesn’t make a difference. Fish with confidence not the color scheme.

My sister beat it Jig Man, my fingers are crossed for your daughter