Jig head question

[jigtosser]

If you take a piece of line and tie it to a round head jig and pull it over your finger in about 90% or higher of the time it will roll over and hook your finger. Now knowing this why do people still use it if it is that inefficient?

[STUMP HUNTER]

Interesting question.
Hold the hook in the palm of your hand tight and jerk the line. If the hook catches your hand keep it, if not throw it away. It will let you know if the hook is efficient or not.

[PBUG2009]

lol...thats all i can say

[STUMP HUNTER]

lol...thats all i can say

LOL, I hope everyone knows I was kidding. Don't try it!!
I'm sure he is talking about jigs getting hooked when it's pulled over limbs or stumps while fishing. I would guess he will show us something that is better than a open jig-head to fish with.

[Redman]

Is this a joke and am I missing it??? Ball heads were the first type that ever came out in jigs. Ball head jig mold is the first mold I ever bought back in the early 1960's. I use them all the time and do a every good job in catch crappies. Don't think its the head think its the hook. I went from Aberdeens to Sickles and my hook up rate went up hardly ever miss a fish. How come Pbug, Skip, and a host of others still use this style of head and Sell a bunch of them year after year??

So I wouldn't blame the head just the hook. If this is a joke then its on me. Someone might have too much time on there hands.


Redman

[jigtosser]

No it is no joke. You can try it for yourself and you do not have to get stuck. I just sold every round head jig mold I had. This lesson is something that every jig fisherman should know. Without boring every one I will tell you a quick story. I had a young man in my shop last week looking at my jigs. He noticed that all my jigs were minnow head and he asked why. I did the little pull over the finger with a round head jig and he saw real quick why he was losing so many jigs. This is not something that I came up on my own I found out about it in the book Luremaking by A.D. Livingston. On page 78 of that book he shows a jig that has it's hook turned down, in other words take a regular RH jig and while holding it in a normal fishing position turn the hook 180 deg. over or down so that when the head is pulled over a branch and rolls it will have the hook in the up position. Back to my original question, why use them?

[soswine]

The moral of the story here seems to be...don't drag a jig over limbs.

[PBUG2009]

it may not stick in your finger as you drag it over, but a fish takes the jig from behind. And closes its mouth arouth around, he doesnt keep his mouth open after taking the jig. Thats just my opinion

[jigtosser]

I should have stated my question better. I was not talking about it's catching ability buy it's ability to snag more. That is why I am always searching for a snag proof jig, something I am sure does not exist but it gives me something to do. The man that was in my shop had lost over 30 jigs in one afternoon and that is how the conversation came up about what to do to keep from loosing so many jigs.

[baitman]

got to braided line, power pro 10-2. You will get back 9 out of 10 jigs plus you will feel more bites