My "home" water, our subdivision pond, is heavily pressured and loaded with dinks. I have caught a bunch the past week with either a Bitsy Bug jig or the Z-Man equivalent (can't remember the name), black and blue with a black and blue Tiny Paca Chunk trailer. And ditto what someone else said above about being able to use your spinning rod with the Bitsy Bug, which is what I have been doing. 

 

14 hours ago, Throwafrog said:

I fish a lot of pressured ponds also bitsy bugs are good and you can get away with your spinning rod. And if you wanna use your heavy rod and braid id probably go with the bitsy flip. It has a heavier hook and comes in heavier weights, don't remember but they may have a stiffer weed guard

 

Honestly for the pressued ponds I seem to do better with a shakey head.  Or more likely a Texas rig soft bait.  don't want to turn you away from jig fishing but these are almost the same, fun is feeling the bite and setting the hook

Is the bitsy flip the same compact size as the Bug? 

1 hour ago, TriStateBassin106 said:

Is the bitsy flip the same compact size as the Bug? 

 

Yes the flip just has a heavier hook.

On 4/23/2020 at 7:53 PM, TriStateBassin106 said:

what would be a good skirt for that?

 

What would be a good trailer for the bitsy bug?

Trailer for bitsy flip jig = zoom super chunk JR., yum Wooly bug or any 3-3.5” beaver with 1/2” cut off. TRD too if the fish are being stubborn.