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Thread: do you guys use hair /feather jigs early or plastic ?

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    Default do you guys use hair /feather jigs early or plastic ?


    when I was young i was told hair or maribou jigs in the early months then go to plastics
    your opinions please
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    I use two rods when deep jigging, hand tied on one and plastic on the other til the fish speak to me, telling me what they want.
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    I use hair or feathers in cold weather when I need them to get deep fast.
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    For years I always started the season off with dual 1/32 oz. marabou....casting and under a bobber. Always did well. However, last season, just for the heck of it, I put out a 1/16 oz. jig with Bobby's Baby Shad on it. I killed 'em! Now I'm not so sure that marabou or feathers are really as effective. Years ago we didn't really have quality plastics like they have today. Maybe that's why.
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    1/16 oz baby shad plastics in White, Chr Green, Monkey Milk & Blue ice

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    Last week i went and to day i went ,i caught 63 last week and 45 today with one 16 inch ,i always heard that hair did better in winter but both days i tried both and after only catching a couple each time on hair i went back to my homemade skinnie stinger jig to catch just about all, had to put down the hair ,it was not catching many.but i know the hair will have its day,but the way i fish ,stinger grub is the way
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    I use hair and feathers all year round. Much more durable than plastics, and you can make your own in just about any color combination imaginable. Plus hair and feathers will eventually biodegrade if you get snagged, whereas plastics are pretty much there forever.
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    Soft Plastic;
    Yum brand, tubes, curl-tail grubs,,... inch and half, and two inch on both tubes and grubs. (can't leave out skin and scales,,... for the live minnows! I sometimes tip a jig with them, and sometimes just use the jig with no body but with a live minner,,....Wham! The bite is ON!).

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