GitZit Spyder Jigs

[Boett43]

These Things are AMAZING the bass inhale these things left and right. I just started jig fishing a few weeks ago heavily with these and havent been skuned yet..If anyone else has had luck with these cuase im hoping its not begginers luck haha ;D

[BassFishingMachine]

Can you post a link to them? Ive searched on google, but Can't seem to find them.

[Jeff H]

http://www.canyon-plastics.com/

Could be these. The name Gitzit belongs to Gary Garland and Canyon Plastics as far as I know. Look at the menu on the left "rigged spider jigs" click that and it will take you there. Canyon offers spiders skirts and twin tail grubs, pretty much the same thing as a GYCB hula grub but a bit more skirt involved. I'm planning on this kind of setup on some of GMAN's 1/8 oz finesse heads for next spring, and yes, these types of jig's(spider) can be awesome in the right circumstance!

[flippin]

ill stick withgycb

[Boett43]

http://www.gitzitinc.com/

Here you go and im pretty sure they are cheaper than GYCB...just my thoughts on this jig let me know if you end up ordering some

[Jeff H]

Nice.

[turkeyhunter2112]

ill stick withgycb

You do that then.

[Boett43]

this isnt directed at anyone but i feel that people feel like they have to buy the name brand to catch fish i even notice this with myslef im more hessitant to buy an off name brand for fear of not working . But ive never heard of GitZit before and now they make one of my favorite lures..just ranting sorry haha

[flippin]

its just a confidence thang i guess

[Stringjam]

Bobby Garland invented the thing......I still have several packs of the original Hyper-Tale Hulas - and nothing I've used (including GYCB) has compared to them.  There's a bunch more out there now I haven't tried, however.      

Bobby believed action was the primary attribute of a good soft plastic - which is why he didn't impregnate his with salt (which stiffens the baits).   I must agree that they are quite lively - he did a good job.   Too bad they don't make them anymore... >

I bought some of the Canyon-Plastics hulas, and they're fine, but from currently available products, I tend to like GYCB better.  The ones I bought seem a bit on the stiff side......but that's just my personal opinion, YMMV, yada yada and so on.    

[Jeff H]

I have some of the GYCB hula's and they are fine, but I want more "skirt" to them, or at least longer "tentacles".  If they were just 1/4" longer I'd not have to keep looking.  

[WRB]

The original Gitzit and spider jig were Bobby Garlands inventions, not Garry Garland. Garry is with Canyon Plastics and currently mfr's several good west coast style products including spider jigs, Tora tubes and a good swimbait called The Doctor. Bobby passed away last year after moving back to Arkansas.

The spider jig is basically a soft plastic spider skirt made from a crappie tube jig skirt with both ends cut. Chompers, Yamamoto, Canyon-Plastics all work well on any good stand up style jig head and all 3 make good products.

WRB

note; the spider jig dates back to the mid 70's.

[Guest avid]

I didn't know about spider grubs untill I tried some GYCB hula grubs.

They were killers.

I bought some chompers and basspro shops to try them out and they worked just as well.

I usually fish them on a light weight ball head jig from gamakatsu.

the chompers stink so badddddddddddd  

that I settled on the BPS

[Boett43]

Has anyone cuaght any real big bass on this jig ive managed a 2lb smallmouth but i keep catching lots of little stuff how bout yall

[WRB]

Depends what you call big. the majority of my big bass 15 to 19 lbs were caught on hair jigs with pork trailers. I would say around 50 or so between 8 to 12 lbs on spider type jigs, that mimic shad colors.

WRB

[Jeff H]

Did I say Gary "invented" the spider jig? :  I said I thought he had control of the term "gitzit".  I never said he invented anything.  I could be wrong but I thought "Gitzit" or "Fat Gitzit" was trademarked and belonged to Canyon.

[WRB]

Bobby Garland was the fisherman and lure developer, as best that I can remember. The Garlands went through a lot of termoil, Garry Garland is with Canyon-Plastics and they own the Gitzits name.

Tom

[Jeff H]

Yes, you are right about that.  If the name Garland comes up in fishing circles, Bobby is the name people remember from back in the day.  In fact, when I typed out my first response in this thread, I had to go back and edit Bobby out and put Gary in because I put Bobby's name in there first and I know Gary controls Canyon now.

Anyway, it's not a big deal I guess and it's cool some people still remember Bobby Garland and what he brought the finesse fisherman.  It just seems like nobody makes a spider jig like they used to.  Anyone remember Manns attempt at a Spider Jig?  They were a little different but I actually liked them and did well with them.  I just can't remember what they called it now.  I have 1 left and I'm sure it will be gone next year.