Hair Jigs

[rowyourboat]

does anyone use these any more? if so how and when? do you use a trailer?

[mntreeman]

Yes to hair jigs.  I fish with an old guy who swears by them and has caught a lot of bass on hair jigs without a trailer...My experience has been that I like my hair jig incorporated into a spinner bait - particularly the Joe Bucher line of hair spinnerbaits.  Great bait for big bass in the fall. I think this is a generational thing - just for perspective I have been fishing for over 50 years  and my friend over 65 years.

[Dwight Hottle]

Yes to hair jigs. I caught this 6lb-14oz on a hair jig tipped with a lake shiner.

[rowyourboat]

tipped with a shiner?   like as a trailer?

[Dwight Hottle]

This jig tipped with a shiner thru the lips bottom to top. This baby ate a plain hair jig.

[fishermantony]

Yes to hair jigs. I caught this 6lb-14oz on a hair jig tipped with a lake shiner.

Gorgeous fish!  Gets me exited just looking at that pic!  Congrats on that beauty!

[fishermantony]

I've got a couple of punisher hair jigs in black and red that I just tried this past fall, only caught a couple of dinks on them so far but I will definitely keep trying.  Mike Iaconelli suggests using them for lethargic fish, water temp in the 40's.

[Dwight Hottle]

My experience with hair jigs favors cold water as well. I first started using hair jigs about 15 years ago. I was fishing the western basin of lake erie for walleye in early april drift fishing the reefs. I tried some hand tied hair jigs tipped with minnows and started catching smallmouth, boy was I disgusted. 

[River Rat316]

I ove hair jigs, especially in cold water, they are my go to in water below 55 degrees.!

[Crestliner2008]

Haven't used the hair jigs much, but Lindy/Little Joe use to make spinnerbaits tied with bucktail skirts. That was back in the 70's. I use to catch a lot of bass with those. Not sure why I haven't used hair jigs yet, but maybe this year! Thanks for the reminder. 

[rowyourboat]

do you guys use them in similar places as you would a jig&pig ?

[grimlin]

This jig tipped with a shiner thru the lips bottom to top. This baby ate a plain hair jig.

Mind if i ask what brand and where might one find some?

[Dwight Hottle]

Jensen jigs.

[Wild Bill [NY]]

Dwight,

Those are truly beautiful chunks !!

Phil Jensen is a reknown tier of hair jigs.

Google his name; he ties beautiful jigs.

I have tied them for about 15 years, and I use them predominantly right at ice-out, usually with NO trailers.

I tie them to simulate the small craws that will be emerging from thier winter habatats, predominantly in blacks and browns, or combo colors using those two colors as the primary colors with either orange, red, purple or chartreuse accents.

I fish them on a 4 or 6 pound flouro line, working them in rocky areas.

Another type of hare jigs are the float&fly jigs that guys in the Tennesee and Kentucky area [mostly] use  which also are fished very early in the season, but those are basically tied to represent tiny baitfish[and often incorporate duck feathers as well], and are used in conjunction with a float on a long drop line under the float, with very, very long rods.

[Paul Roberts]

I ove hair jigs, especially in cold water, they are my go to in water below 55 degrees.!

Ditto, but I break em out below 50.

They move great in the water, pull a wake, and can be fished ultra-slow, with built in action. They aren't talked up much in the mags, guess bc they aren't new and high tech. But, they will NEVER be forgotten. They are just too good, and a cold water standard.

[NewAngler]

I'm glad they are a a hit.  I just started to tie my own, and have looked at jensen for inspiration. I will be throwing hair jigs exclusively this weekend when I make my first smallie trip.