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The Jitterbug - an epiphany

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For the guys targeting large bass here is the Jitterbug you want

5"  3oz

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I have had alot of success with the Jitterbug in the Forg pattern, and Black at night is just awesome. I haven't used it much lately since I finally got somewhat proficient with the Texas rigged worm Fliippin' and Pitchin', but the jitterbug definitely works. Even Bluegill will try to eat one! The factory hooks need replaced though, and with a split ring attached as well.

Where do you get those lips ?

what i like about the jitterbug is that it can be used in a few ways.

in warm shallow and calm water i use it like a delicate popper, a few soft pops and then a lil twich of the linelet it sit and repeat.

in deeper water i preffer the annoy method, just kepp throwing it in the same area , let it sit until the water is still again, the start a steady retrieve, do this a couple of times to get he fish angry at this thing that keep jumoung in and swiming away, then ill throw it and start retreaving slow, then stop it and twitch it then let it sit for a few second, and start a slow retrive they will normally hit it as soon as it starts moving

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Wait, why would you pop a steady retrieve bait if it made the hooks tangle?

I was always under the impression that it was both a popping  and steady retrieve bait.  However if I knew it was the popping action that caused the hooks to tangle I would have stopped doing it 40 years ago.

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