Hawnjigs
KISS
Jig anglers are by nature creative, always trying new ideas or variations of same ol'. JiggerJohn spends his Winter downtime stuck inside his head contrapting all manner of tweaks some verging on wacky. Of course, with his experienced skills every creation catches fish until he moves on to the next latest greatest.
One of his enduring foundations tho is small jig ties in the 1/64 thru 1/16 sizes with a preference for 1/24 mostly with #8 hooks. There being no panfish opportunity out my way and since I prefer targetting larger other species my preferred jigs are usually 1/14 to 1/8 oz weight with #2 thru 2/0 hooks.
However during a best current option canal smallmouth session cupla weeks ago while still open water decided to tie on a remainder trout jig in my waist pack 1/16 #8 Sickle natural gray brown tip rabbit fur and was surprised that it got bit as well or maybe better than the previous broke off 1/16 #2 with 2" motor oil twister. by lots of smallies average 12-13" + an uncommon 19" wally & also rare 10" perch.
The canal subsequently ice capped and couldn't fish it till this past Monday as mentioned in another post with a fresh 1" 1/16 #6 short black mink fur jig created just for this time and place. Bite was slower but still managed bout a dozen smallies + 14 & 18" wallys + a 4-5# catfish.
Do yah think size matters?
One of his enduring foundations tho is small jig ties in the 1/64 thru 1/16 sizes with a preference for 1/24 mostly with #8 hooks. There being no panfish opportunity out my way and since I prefer targetting larger other species my preferred jigs are usually 1/14 to 1/8 oz weight with #2 thru 2/0 hooks.
However during a best current option canal smallmouth session cupla weeks ago while still open water decided to tie on a remainder trout jig in my waist pack 1/16 #8 Sickle natural gray brown tip rabbit fur and was surprised that it got bit as well or maybe better than the previous broke off 1/16 #2 with 2" motor oil twister. by lots of smallies average 12-13" + an uncommon 19" wally & also rare 10" perch.
The canal subsequently ice capped and couldn't fish it till this past Monday as mentioned in another post with a fresh 1" 1/16 #6 short black mink fur jig created just for this time and place. Bite was slower but still managed bout a dozen smallies + 14 & 18" wallys + a 4-5# catfish.
Do yah think size matters?