My 2 cents for what it's worth:
Football head jigs with a line tie @ 90 degree are great around rocks and stink in the salad.
Arkie heads, as explained above, have a 60 degree line tie and are great around rocks & stumps, but are not so great in weeds. I use them in the weeds, but I think a grass jig with a more bullet type head with a 30 degree line will make your day in the salad more enjoyable.
I make my own jigs and to be honest, I don't care about a head color. Black works for me.
I tie my skirts with rod builders thread and never use rubber collars (Catts tie wrap metahod is a great idea IMO). I think the rubber collars tend to dry out and stretch too much. I can not stand when I retrieve my jig back only to find the shirt down around the hook shank. I also like to play with the strand quantity. A sparser strand count will give you a faster rate of fall while more will slow it down.
I know you can adjust the ROF with a trailer, but I like to fish a single tail grub at times and a thicker skirt is sometimes the ticket for slowing the ROF for that trailer.
Again, JMHO
