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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...

Weekend test results: 1/16 #8 KISS black mink tie got bit & held fish better than 2nd round testing 1/16 #6 gold flash undertie. Unusually warm weather brought out the crowds but I did OK with a fair amount of stockers + 3 bonus holdovers. Search cast roaming daily enabled better knowledge of...

Update: The aforementioned lake cove got fished out a month ago so switched back to the river pool below the lake dam. Big fish are mostly gone but still provide an occasional bonus among the drop down 12-15" stockers which #s decline due to continual angler pressure still rewarded me 15 or so...

Howdy Nate. Couldn't access your website but Google lists lots of sites to view your unique creations. Do you tie any trout jigs? Keith

Consistently windy from the west blowing straight down river which line bow excessively speeds up retrieve and hampers bite feel and hookset efficiency. Only spot reasonably fishable is a corner lake cove with wind at my back buffered by high banks right behind water's edge. Only opportunity is...

OK, last post attesting to the effectiveness & durability of short 1" mink fur jigs. Today going down river to some new (permissioned private riverfront) spots the same 1/16 #6 black mink jig as the aforementioned session got 15 nice inchers and 4 pounders making the total catch on a single jig...

Never tried deep dropping to entice followers, as my river spots get shallower towards the bank, but I'll remember to try that when appropriate. What does work for me sometimes when close enuf to spot a follower is to uptick the jig retrieve from slow twitch to frantic escape jiggling...

JJ1 ain't you got Winter boots? I just got below the knee rubbers for deep snow & shallow wading to supplement my insulated ankle boots.. Those are some nice fatties, never tried bright green since nowadays I mostly color heads with black or red nail polish. You must be using lighter line than...

Winter is kicking in most days avoided due to frigid weather. Last river session Thanksgiving day was indeed thankful, temp hovered just a few degrees above freezing but the hot bite made it survivable. My area offers exceptional size (?) trouting opportunity so I've avoided posting catch sizes...

It was inevitable that last week Friday finally got skunked on the river trying both tied jigs and the metal slab swim jig. So switched to fresh stockers in our trout lake which required a downsize in 1/16 jigs to a #8 instead of #6 hook, black head gray mink + a few strands of pearl Flashabou...

Your forte appears to be creative artistry. Keeping it fresh is fun, eh? What kind of flash fibers are you using? It really glistens in the light. Are you using some kind of a black marker pen?

Good to know you're still in the saddle. Could you post some of your panfish jigs? What weights and hooks sizes?

It was inevitable that meathead worm dunkers would decimate the trout resource & last session only got 2 at obscure spots as nobody home at the usual best holds. So, last night switched to wallys in the dark and got 6 keepers + 7 borderline extimated shorts. Mentioning off topic cuz all were...

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...

Yah, long ago when the only boot tails available mass market were Sassy Shads I too trimmed off the bellys to more closely match the more even tapered profiles of Hawaii baitfish. Back then tho I preferred twister tails and later Lunker City Fin-S-Fish with realistic 2 tone lam colors.

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...

Even on days when action tails get bit, stick baits will too. I no longer use any twister tails, the few I have left get most of the tail trimmed off and a V notch cut into the remaining stub. Am replacing walleye specific Keitech boot tail Easy Shiners with straight tail Shad Impacts, still a...

Since my usual time of year 2 go to reservoir inlets have become barren, one due to a massive carp infestation and the other due to zero water flow warm water species bite is a no go so have had to depend on still water stocker trout for tugs. Luckily due to apparently abundant forage and no...