I have been using round jig heads intended for shaky heading with the hula grub threaded onto the hook, and its been working great for getting around the rocks, have not gotten stuck into a rock and lost the jig yet.

Now comes the bad news, even though they are working through the rocks with ease, everytime I occasionally come upon a tree limb in the water unknowingly, I lose the jig, any suggestions?

And thanks Ice for the suggestion on that jighead, but im looking for a solution I can find in my general area, all I have to work with is a few tackle shops and a Dicks Sporting Goods/Sports Authority.

Trees are a different story hang a hook in one and you are pretty much up the creek. You can get the lure retriever that looks like a golf ball retriever, but if its to deep it won't work. Do you throw jigs without a weedguard? Gotta get that feel and stop setting the hook into trees. You will get it in time!

No, its not that I'm setting the hook on tree limbs, I'm fishing jig heads without weedguards, so while Im crawling the jig along the bottom, the hook manages to get stuck within a branch and im done. I have to try and see if I can find some 1/8 ounce round jig heads with a weed guard.

Yeah it happens. I guess thats why tackle makers have not come up with a SNAG PROOF design. If you never got hung up you wouldn't buy as much. I guess the bright side would be knowing there is a tree there now.