It's easy for jig companies or a pro sponsored by them to say 'if you're losing them you're doing it right' because they obviously want you to buy more jigs.

You don't need to lose 20 in an outing to realize you're fishing a "good" spot. If you know or learn where the "good spots" are you can skip the getting snagged part and fish them with other presentations. 

The weight of the jig has a lot to do with snagging, heavier snags easier than lighter weight jigs in rocks. If you are using 1/2 oz for example change to 3/8 oz, it's 50% lighter weight.

You should be able to feel the line dragging through rocks before the jig wedges in between the rocks. If you keep control of the slack line and don't pull the jig tight into rocky crevices, raising the rod tip upright and shaking the line to loosen the jig works to free it most of the time.

Tom

On 2/2/2016 at 3:37 PM, WRB said:

Let's see if I read this right; Texas rigging some <jigs> with a 1/8 oz bullet weight?

Why are you adding 1/8 bullet weight to a football jig?

What weights are the football jigs?

Tom

no weight on the jigs lol