Ripping Hair Jigs

[OntarioFishingGuy]

So I recently started using hair jigs more, and have started fishing them in a really fun and productive way. I will go find a weedbed about 7-8' deep, use a stiff med hvy spinning rod with braid, and make short pitches into the weeds, then jig about a foot off bottom until you get it fouled in weeds , which is when you rip the rod as hard as you can. I know it is a popular walleye technique up here, but i have been catching a lot of bass on it as well. I was wondering if you guys have ever tried it, and if so, how much success have you had on it.

[smalljaw67]

I haven't used that technique because the main time I use the hair jig is in cold water and I'm normally crawling them over rocks. I do swim them in warm water as long as iot is clear, I actually make a buck tail and feather swim jig and I use it without a trailer when the fish are responding to the normal swim jig or soft plastic. I swim it close to the bottom and when I hit a rock or piece of wood and give it a quick rip forward and that is when a lot of strike occur so I can see your grass ripping technique working well.

[WRB]

Hair jigs are not just a cold water lure, they are good year around. The Elite Bassmaster tournament was recently won using white hair jigs on ledges. This tournament win sparked new interest in hair jigs and several are being offered as a result.

Ripping jigs has been a popular technique in southern reservoirs for decades, however in deeper water and more vertical.

Tom

[bassguytom]

Do you put a trailer on a hair jig?

[Loop_Dad]

I thought this was a thread about jigs rips your hair for some reason jk

 

Anyhow, why spinning set up? Using small jigs? I might try out someday.

[Dwight Hottle]

Do you put a trailer on a hair jig?

Hair jigs work well with artificial trailers and live bait or just plain.

[OntarioFishingGuy]

I thought this was a thread about jigs rips your hair for some reason jk

 

Anyhow, why spinning set up? Using small jigs? I might try out someday.

Generally 1/4 oz jigs. I just like spinning rods and reels, you could use a casting rod with just as much success. And I figured someone would think that.