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The late John Mckean aka "JiggerJohn" gave me a few trout jigs tied on 1/16 #6 tube jig heads with #1 brass propellers mounted on the #6 or #4 hook shanks between the head & tie LONG ago and they caught trout alright plus other species. After MANY years of field testing it seemed that plain ties...

Thats what the local walleye jiggers here call walleye or ball head jigs tied with long skinny marabou popular colors being white, chartreuse, & gray. One guy in particular stands out as an expert Mike the son of the late Ray Streeter who supplied local tackle shops with his own version of Doll...

My favorite soft plastic for river trout as big as they get here. The plastic is tuffer than most so stays on the hook longer without tearing speshly on my super glued bead stack collars. The bigger they get the smarter trout get so oftentimes they learn to avoid biting the same lure they got...

Reading online comments Kastmasters are a favorite for trout and manys the time I've seen them catch nice trout locally. Not me as I'm a single hook jig purist. Long ago I acquired a Do-it Swim Jig mold for salt water fish back in HI top water skipping when papio (jacks) were surface blitzing...

20 years ago I'd never even seen a live trout up close, then my wife's daughter moved with family to Colorado. So once a year on vacations I got to gradually explore fresh water fishing including at the time tiny wild trout in urban creeks & pond stockers. Thru the years got to explore still...

Boats are winterized and still water ice caps are forming. While others are resigned to be stuck indoors till Spring I look forward to the cold season for ruff country river treks when the ground snow melts enuf to allow passage & temp is above line freezing. Altho most of the river monsters...

Actually, tested & proven when I first moved to Nebraska years ago then forgotten as I moved on trying other stuff. First time tried on a hot sunny day with the usual crowd of bait dunkers forcing me to stand between them casting close in straight out. Within a few casts had 2 chunk wallys 21"...

Noticed that my 10# Sufix 832 was getting fray spots, rod guides and tip top didn't appear to have any damage. Running a finger along the top edge of the reel spool revealed multiple nicks & ruff spots so smoothed em out with a 600 grit diamond abrasive bar. The consequence of being in a...

If your exploits require a boat, then venturing out in the dark is sketchy, eh? I don't blame you, could run into an unseen hazard or unforseen inclement weather, and getting disabled at night assistance would likely be limited at best. However, fishing from shore at night might present...

Getting spanked by the local regulars at the Sutherland Inlet targeting smaller wallys ended yesterday. It appears the Z-man opening night color Slim SwimZ caught more wallys than anyone throwing the preferred Keitech boot tails except for the reigning champ Jason & his unsurpassed presentation...

Anybody remember using them? I just bought some vintage Doll Flys mfg in the original Elmer Thompson facility in Knoxville TN. Altho the hooks were rusted out useless I retied what appeared to be original now banned arctic critter fur on my own jig heads Interesting material very fine...

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Never have never will ice fish, but moving water here provides opportunity to get some tugs during warm window ice melts. Last week walked a mile of river bank with a bit of snow on shady ground and got around 20 mostly 10" rainbow trout + a bonus 15# carp hungry enuf to bite a jig. 1/16 #6...

Tuesday called sometimes fishing pard Gale if he wanted dunk some jigs that night but he instead requested my help tarping the roof of his house just stripped to install metal roofing which project he couldn't finish in time before the forecast storm starting last night. So I told him I'll...

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Been using em since the original Power Pro first debuted in 1997. Took awhile to replace mono, but now my reels are spooled 100% with braid. Tried lots of different brands, especially in the early formative years, nowadays more brands & types than I have time to try. Learned the hard way thru...

Glory days of Summer are done, and there is only a single spot with any chance of catching fish from shore within my comfort range of an hour drive from home. Normally productive canals connecting 3 reservoirs are shut down and even the crawdads in remainder pools croaked. Tragic amount of...

Gone but not forgotten: Uncle Shu for his creative spirit designing his own jig heads and surface plugs. Uncle Oja for his off the beaten path adventuring. Most of all John McKean aka JiggerJohn for laying the foundation of my current jig fishing success. Bout 15 yrs ago when I first started...

During the first 5 years since moving to Nebraska noteworthy catches were few, far between, and right place right time sheer luck. The past 3 years tho thru leaps of faith R & D implementation catches have been extraordinary relative to the limitations of the available resource. Rather than...

Sometimes equals extraordinary results, like when I decided to try night jigging from previous daylight preference. Catches morphed from mediocre dink infested sizes to master angler trophies, all released of course, and now during the warm season mostly fish in the dark. Side benefit of...