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    Is there any difference in catching fish that you guys that have used both have noticed? I do not have any unpainted heads and was wondering if it really makes any difference or not. Colors I use now are: white/chartreuse,white,black,chartreuse,pink,red,and orange.

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    I've never seen it make a difference. I've got a mix of colors myself but the unpainted heads are starting to outnumber the painted ones in my boxes
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    I catch a ton of fish on unpainted heads
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    I see no difference between them, I've ended up fishing mostly unpainted.

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    Before I started making my own plastics and jig heads. I went fishing off a pier (saltwater} Using 2" curly tailed grubs and some painted jig heads. I caught so many fish people would ask me what I using. I was using a pearl white jig head and the baits were not the same colors. Well I lost that jig head and put on black one and made at least 20 cast and no hits. Took off the black jig and put on a yellow and started getting fish again. To this day I won't use black jig heads. Does color matter, No until the days it does.
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    99.9 % of the time no difference detectable for me. I usually fish unpainted... but I will put a painted one with eyes on in a heartbeat painted vs unpainted heads
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    I MOSTLY USE UNPAINTED JIGS,BUT AT TIMES PAINTED ONE ARE MUCH BETTER,A GOOD TIME IN WINTER IS A PINK JIG HEAD,DON'T KNOW WHY BUT IT DOES,HAD WIFE TO BEAT ME IN ANOTHER GUY WITH HER PINK SO BAD THAT BOTH OF US HAD TO GO TO PINK TO KEEP UP,HER 3 PLUS LB IN FEB WAS ON PINK WHEN SHE WAS TEARING US UP,SEE IT MORE IN COLD WEATHER THAN ANY OTHER TIME, I HEAR PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES SAY YES AND OTHERS SAY NO WHICH I USE TO SAY,BUT AGAIN HAVE SEEN IT TOO OFTEN TO DENY THAT AT TIMES IT MAKES A LOT OF DIFFERENT,JUST LIKE DIFFERENT COLOR PLASTIC,BUT YOU ARE WELCOME TO BE HARDED JUST LIKE I WAS.STILL MOST OF THE TIME I AM GOING WITH PLAIN HEADS
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    I think sometimes the jighead color can make a difference and other times it don't seem to matter at all.Kinda like using different color plastics,some days a certain color or two will just be killing them and you can't hardly get bit on others colors and other times they will hit any color seemly the same.
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    I think the painted heads shine when water clarity is poor and you are giving them more contrast or visibility. That being said I think it is more about the lure type and where you are throwing it than anything else.

    I think that the unpainted heads work well when using a shad color since you get a little flash and it has that silvery baitfish look to it. So in clearer water when using your whites and clears then don't worry about using a particular color head.
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    I use painted and unpainted jig heads but for a different reason. I put together a powder painting set-up and paint about half of my jig heads. I buy 1/64, 1/32, 1/16 & 1/8 oz. unpainted jigs from a local supplier. I powder paint some of the jigs which adds to the weight of the jig. So I now have 8 different weights of jigs instead of just 4. Not surprisingly there are times when I want to speed up the fall of the jig just a little bit so I will go to the same jig but with paint on it. Conversely I can slow the fall by going down in weight one step to an unpainted one.

    And it gives me something to do on those freezing winter days when I just can not bring myself to get out there to fish.
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