Booyah boo jig with a ragetail Lobster

Pepper Hawg Custom Jigs, made right here in Grand Junction, Colorado. They have the best selection of colors and sizes from 3/16 of an ounce to over 1 ounce. Awesome Gammy hook too.

Pepper makes awesome spinnerbaits and buzzbaits too.

Revenge flipping and football heads for me. I love there durable paint jobs and the way the skirts match the heads perfectly. Also the hooks are good.  8-)

My jigs are subdivided into four categories:

> SKIRT JIGS       Skirted, Fiber Weedguard, Dressed with Trailer

> T-RIG JIGS       Self-Weedless, No Weedguard, No Skirt: e.g. Owner Sled Head, Brewers Slider Head

> HAIR JIGS       Bucktail Hair - Squirrel Hair - Fox Hair - Bear Hair - Etc

> MARABOU JIGS Feathered Tail (usually with Chenille Body)

I have four favorite jigs, one for each category,

but I'm going to assume that you're asking about skirt jigs.

Outkast RT Jig

Although I like the attitude of a 60-deg eyelet, they don't get very far in Florida's maidencane and pondweed

nor in Canada's cabbage and milfoil

SKIRT JIG FEATURES

> Embedded Eyelet (maximal weedlessness)

> 135-Degree Angle between weedguard & jig forehead (A square 90-deg corner is a weed-trap!)

> 5/0 Mustad Round-Bend Extra-Strong Hook (ample for trophy musky)

> 54-Strand Silicone Skirt

> Double-Barb Trailer Keeper

> Double Rattlebox (rattleboxes are removed)

CAVEAT> The bristleguard is very soft; do not remove any bristles nor shorten the length (flare as usual)

Roger

Roger, those Outcasts are sweet. If you get a chance check out the Grass Stalker Jig by Bass Stalker. They are right up your alley.http://www.unclejosh.com/bassstalker/modules/cart/products.php/nav_id/72/page/1/id/114/name/RattlinGrassStalkers

Roger, why do you remove the rattles?

I recently ran out of rattles for my Eakins jigs, which means I've been fishing jigs without them, and doing just as well. However, I have more confidence when the rattles are there, as it seems to me the rattles may attract a few more fish. I can't see them scaring fish away as they are very subtle, but I guess that's possible. What's your reasoning?

By the way, my two favorite jigs are Jewell Eakins 3/8 oz black/blue with black/blue Ragetail chunk or crawfish trailer, and a Mann's Stone Jig, 3/8 or 1/2 oz with the same trailer.

Mango

any jig is fine for me, focus on trailers

wooly bug!!!

Roger, those Outcasts are sweet. If you get a chance check out the Grass Stalker Jig by Bass Stalker. They are right up your alley.http://www.unclejosh.com/bassstalker/modules/cart/products.php/nav_id/72/page/1/id/114/name/RattlinGrassStalkers

Sorry, but I haven't revisited this thread since Nov 2  :-[

I have used the Bass Stalker grass stalker about two or three years ago.

As you suggest, they're an excellent jig, but they suffer from one fatal flaw.

Notice the angle formed between the weedguard and the top of the jighead.

The angle is approximately 95-degrees which amounts to a sharp corner

and a dreadful weed-trap. Now compare this 95-deg angle to the weedguard angle

on the Outkast R.T., which is about 130 degs (very obtuse).

Roger

Roger, why do you remove the rattles?

I recently ran out of rattles for my Eakins jigs, which means I've been fishing jigs without them, and doing just as well. However, I have more confidence when the rattles are there, as it seems to me the rattles may attract a few more fish. I can't see them scaring fish away as they are very subtle, but I guess that's possible. What's your reasoning?

It's just a matter of personal preference, Tony.

No aquatic creature comes to mind that clicks or rattles, so in the interest of natural delivery

I'd rather my lure didn't either. I'm sure that rattling and clicking sounds do not spook bass,

but if there's a chance it might cause a loss in interest, I'd rather do without.

I believe that bass need less help than anglers might imagine, because many fat bass come from perennially muddy waters.

Roger