12 hours ago, WRB said:

What outfit do you now use with soft plastics?

Tom

I've got a dvt custom medium, 7'2" 1/4 to 3/4, casting rod built on an mhx elite pro blank with a shimano core 51 spooled with 20lb smackdown.

4 hours ago, Fishinthefish said:

I've got a dvt custom medium, 7'2" 1/4 to 3/4, casting rod built on an mhx elite pro blank with a shimano core 51 spooled with 20lb smackdown.

May be a little under powered for some jigs due to the heavier wire hook they may have.

You could start with a 3/8 oz GYCB weedless football plain jig with 4" twin tail Hula grub and fish it the same way you do with a weighted T-rig worm. This is a simple but very effective jig to use.

The same rod and reel in a MH power and 30 lb braid would be ideally suited for casting jigs.

Caution, tying 20 or 30 lb braid to heavier wire hook, the knot may slip depending on what you tie. The original braid knot is a double line clinch knot and works very good, the only issue may be the 3 tag ends.

Take a look at Old School horizontal jigging thread.

Good luck,

Tom

 

 

 

 

On 2/14/2017 at 5:57 PM, Catt said:

 

If you are proficient with a Texas Rig my suggestion would be buy a identical setup for jigs. 

 

I would start with 1/4-1/2 oz jigs & fish similar to how you fish t-rigs.

 

Many will tell you a jig bite aint any thing like the bite ya get with a t-rig but it is so get that notion out you head right now.

Like a t-rig, split shot, those bumps, thumps, tics, & taps are the easy ones to detect it's the one where the bass inhales your jig without ant tell-tale sign or line movement, I say now is the time to bring forth all the expertise on feeling subtle bites stored away in your brain from t-rig, wacky rigs, split shots and so on.

You will also hear "bass don't hold a jig long", don't be surprised when a 2# bass inhales your 1 oz jig without any tell-tale line movement and proceeds to sit there until you apply to much pressure at which time they spit it!

I think of that inhale strike as an absence of the jig on my line.  Don't feel your jig?  It's in a bass!      I still use my old Abu Garcia XLT as a flipping reel,  and a Pflueger Asaro.