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Thought our guys would enjoy this new story on Red and his wool jigs! - http://triblive.com/sports/outdoors/8633552-74/denmark-jigs-fish#axzz3edzfL6ha

My son, Sean, has a new jigging website up at surefirejigs.com which features some cool photos of catches on Boolies and woolies !

Just back from OBX-lots colder up north than the past few days of 70* and mid 60s with sun down in NC! Our week was beautiful every day, only some wind and slight chill on 2 days (but everything doable even then!).Hard to believe calm & warm jigging in Nov for a PA boy like me(tho drove thru...

I thought our members would enjoy this new story by award winning journalist, Gord Pyzer - http://northernontario.travel/fishing/the-good-old-crappie-days-in-northern-ontario

Though a rather stormy, cold front laden summer here in PA , I've enjoyed consistent action from much testing with a special 2" soft plastic helgrammite as a tipping for my woolie& boolie jigs. The unique, coffee-scented model I've been using is from a small but energetic company in the Midwest...

My 32 yr old son was whomping me during a short morning trout session a few days ago. "Do ya want to hold my rod on the next trout, just so ya don't forget what one feels like? " he teased. OK, time to bring out the big guns -so I reached for the thin blue plastic grocery bag that we carry our...

Does anyone here pour their own helgrammite bodies for use as jig trailers? I talked with a topnotch NC crappie guide that swears by them for huge crappies, behind a jig!

Last week renowned jig tier Paul Jensen (you often see his rabbit tail masterpieces on In-Fisherman covers) emailed to ask me about the "trash bag strips" that I'd once written about as actionized, easily obtained jig trailers ; seems Paul had fond memories of success using these by themselves...

Inspired recently by ice fishing buffs, I've become very excited by their huge success with a single,bright, usually red bead as the "tipping" to their modern "Russian Jigs" (spoon types, but originally designed for vertical jigging). The bead ,these ice men have discovered, serves actually...

Back in the 80s& 90s, a few dedicated jig fishermen targetted muskies,pike, big walleyes& bass with "creatures" as trailers for their leadheads. Results with relatively sane spinning outfits (considering they were after muskies mainly!) were astounding(both numbers & size of muskies really upset...

A few days ago ,on big flatland Pymatuning reservoir which straddles the Ohio/Pennsylvania border, I lucked into seeing an absolute jigging master at work! Ole" Red" was the essence of concentration as he barely nodded his 5 1/2' ultralight rod just a few slow inches, working directly over a...

I was talking with world famous fly tyer & angler Bob Clouser last week, where he gave me the heads up on a new jig material that he has "flipped" over. It's called SF Flash Blend as shown here - http://www.clouserflyfishing.com/hybridflies.html . Anyway, for those who have used Bob's popular...

Water temp is still quite cold on my local lake,but with sun out & air temp at 70*, I hadda do some casting! Saw some activity -movement/flashes- near submerged boulders by a stone bridge, but no takers with even a very slow jigging retreive. Figured a downward flutter may give them an even...

My friend Lee, has been tying these rather unique jigs for the past several years, and has had awesome success with them on pompano,and many other species in the shallow Gulf(Florida) saltwater. Scroll down to the 5th post,under "Aquaholic" to see them at...

Last fall I began experimenting with mink "zonker" strips, rather than the usual rabbit fur for my favored Basher and Boolie jigs. The action was a little bit differant from the bunny tails - a bit more subdued, with more of a whole body swing,rather the normal ripple. But at various stages of a...

During these dog days of August,many get into night fishing with the old standard Jitterbug plug, usually for largemouth bass. BUT muskies & pike also go for these great creeping surface plugs. So how does this fit into a JIGGING forum? Well, one new builder, Al at Lemiresplugworks.com , has...

I've used corn to tip my light jigs (usually on Hawn's 1/20-1/28 oz roundheads with # 4 & 6 sickles) for carp in the past, but often got trout,crappie, bass, catfish, and bluegills. So this past week I decided to forego waxworm or butterworm tippings to experiment with a small corn kernal. The...

Recently I've started tying (just a simple double knot over the hook bend) about a 2" section of mini ultra chenille on a jig hook or at the rear of a jigging Microspoon. It looks like a very minature version of a wacky rigged worm/senko. But on any forward movement, and especially during the...

Does anyone have any fishing info on the "butter worm" as a jig tipping? I used them for the first time yesterday, and even on a tough,bright, still day the trout only seemed to want jigs I tipped with these longer, juicier,tougher "waxworms". I understand they are harvested in Chile ,are not...

This week I received a new Pflueger wide spool ARBOR reel in the small size (8.5 0z, capacity with 4# mono-170 yds) from Cabelas. Wow, what a superb casting tool this is for jigs down to 1/32 oz(the heaviest I generally use is 1/18 oz)! And the wide spool, in addition to increasing casting...