My reading on this whole situation is right jig for right application. Not only is weight an issue to contend with but type of jig.
I starting fishing football heads in timber! Big mistake on my behalf. Now i have deep cover pitching jigs for timber, football heads for rocks, grass jigs for grass (no brainer there) and swimming jigs for any time a spinnerbait would work.
If i throw the wrong jig for the wrong application then i find that the design of the jig hinders rather than helps. i.e. getting a slimline grass jig stuck in the crevises while fishing rocks or getting a football head fouled up all of the time.
Just my take on it but i am also still a beginner to jigs!!!!