So after watching a lot of videos online of people's fishing hair/bucktail jigs mainly for smallies I decided to purchase a few in various sizes, head shapes, and colors. I have yet to tie one on. Once I hit the water I usually have another lure/bait in mind and can't convince myself to tie on one of these hair jigs. I think having a few questions answered will help my confidence.
1. What is the optimum line, rod strength, and reel type to use for hair jigs?
2. I get out on my families boat whenever my Dad goes out but most of my fishing is done from the bank or a small canoe. That means I usually fish small water (max ~ 200 acres). I've seen videos of guys swimming hair jigs through fairly open water but never anything like the conditions I'm usually in. Besides deep, calm parts of local rivers/large streams I can't think of another place to fish these. Am I wrong? Would they be effective in a relatively small, weedy pond? I have one I love to fish because its stocked with smallies, which is a rare thing in my area.
3. Should I use a trailer? Most videos I saw showed them being used without trailers but my brother's highschool fishing coach uses grub trailers on his hair jigs. Any advantages/situations for using a trailer?
4. Just in general, how do you fish these hair jigs? Any advice is welcome, I really want to be successful with these a few times and start building my confidence with these jigs.
Thanks in advance everyone.
