Goby Posted January 28 Posted January 28 Does anyone know of any skirted jigs similar to the size of Strike King Bitsy Bug jigs that are made of a bit higher quality materials and with a higher quality hook that won't rust as easy? Love the Bitsy Bug Jigs, but would really like to have a bit higher quality. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. 1 Quote
Super User FishTank Posted January 28 Super User Posted January 28 Raid Egu Dama is my go to shallow water jig. There is also the Keitech Mono Spin jig but it's really small. Another good one is the OSP Hunt Football Jig in 3.5 grams. One more, the Bottom Up Kosmo. This an awesome all around small jig. Quote
RRocket Posted January 28 Posted January 28 Nories Kameraba are awesome! High quality. Also check out the Keitech Mono Jigs. Quote
Steveo-1969 Posted January 28 Posted January 28 You should also look at @Siebert Outdoors “Lil Man” jig. 4 Quote
Super User casts_by_fly Posted January 28 Super User Posted January 28 I'll second the lil man. It's a different head shape and weed guard, but an excellent jig. Here it is next to a bitsy for comparison (3" rage bug on both). excellent build, wire tied, any color you can think of really. 7 Quote
Siebert Outdoors Posted January 28 Posted January 28 I've offer a few. Lil Man Mini Jig Sniper (slightly bigger) Dredge Arky 1/8 6 1 Quote
MediumMouthBass Posted January 28 Posted January 28 Ill echo Sieberts jigs too. Much, much nicer than whats on the market for similar or 2x the price. But i also buy the Bitsy Flipping jig, better materials than the Bitsy Bug, and it doesnt rust as easily. Throw a few desiccant packs in and you're good to go. With BPS having the Spring Classic soon they usually go on sale around $1.70ish. I really like my jigs from Siebert, but these are more appropriate for throwing into stuff they might not make it back from. 4 Quote
Super User WRB Posted January 28 Super User Posted January 28 Siebert Outdoors make excellent jigs with premium hooks at a reasonable price, start there. Skinny Bear Pro series are very good but at a higher price. Tom Quote
Goby Posted January 28 Author Posted January 28 Thank you very much Gentleman! Very very much appreciated! Quote
primetime Posted February 1 Posted February 1 I like the quality of the bitsy bug jigs with the exception of the skirts. I simply change out the skirt and tie one on with wire. I have a few from Missle/VMC that I like, The skirts are better quality and like others have mentioned, the bitsy flip is better quality but I find a miss more fish with the really stiff weedguard and amount of gap. Seems to not be optimal for me for whatever reason. I prefer the original bitsy bug and I also do not throw them in super heavy cover, for that I simply use a smaller texas rig. 2 Quote
Super User Munkin Posted February 1 Super User Posted February 1 Buy some finesse jigheads with finecut skirt material from Fishing Skirts and make your own. 3 Quote
Super User Columbia Craw Posted February 2 Super User Posted February 2 I’ll double second Sieberts. Mike also offers a Tungsten jig that reduces the size but provides a stronger hook. I get all my jigs from Mike and wire tied. 1 Quote
BlakeMolone Posted February 2 Posted February 2 12 hours ago, Munkin said: Buy some finesse jigheads with finecut skirt material from Fishing Skirts and make your own. Curious if you have a favorite source for finecut skirt material? I’ve been using living rubbers fine cut silicone and have been perfectly happy with it but have been thinking about trying some others. 1 Quote
Super User DogBone_384 Posted February 2 Super User Posted February 2 11 hours ago, Columbia Craw said: I’ll double second Sieberts. I'll second @Columbia Craw's second .... 1 1 Quote
Super User Munkin Posted February 3 Super User Posted February 3 17 hours ago, BlakeMolone said: Curious if you have a favorite source for finecut skirt material? I’ve been using living rubbers fine cut silicone and have been perfectly happy with it but have been thinking about trying some others. Wherever I can find it, use to be fishingskirts.com. Allen 1 Quote
GetFishorDieTryin Posted February 4 Posted February 4 Riots minima jig Dirty Jigs Scott Canterbury compact flipping jig 2 Quote
TheBaitMonkey Posted February 4 Posted February 4 I’m really liking the Beast Coast Lil Magnums, the Dirty Jigs Canterbury compact pitching, OutKast Stealth Feider (they just changed it to Stealth Fighter due to them splitting with Seth), and the Greenfish Tackle Chibi jig with living rubber 1 Quote
Goby Posted February 5 Author Posted February 5 I received my dozen Siebert's Lil Man jigs I ordered today, these are exactly the kind of quality I was looking for. Still in ice fishing mode round these parts, but hopefully sooner than later can get them wet. They seem like real winners for sure. Thanks again for all the suggestions, in time hope to try some of the other ones that were recommended here as well. 1 Quote
Global Moderator Bluebasser86 Posted 5 hours ago Global Moderator Posted 5 hours ago You're not going to get better quality for your money than Siebert's. If you have to be able to buy it in a store, the Booyah Boo Jig and Finance Jig are pretty solid options but I don't like the banded skirts they come with, seems like they dry rot really fast so make sure you zip tie them or something. 1 Quote
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