You know I think you may be right. We have never had confidence in artificial and my wife less than me.
We always headed to whatever fishing hole with a box of redworms and another of crawlers.
This summer it got to where we were catching nothing, lucky to get a bite.

So we got to the point of deciding do we want to keep fishing with no results or try jigs.
Well we tried jigs and a new place and as my intro says we had a blast.
My wife fished two poles, one with a yellow Crappie killer and one with a 1/16 jig and a purplish tube.
I fished with a yellow and orange 1/16 jig head with a chartreuse and black tube. We both caught about equal amounts.

I am past retirement age but still working, my wife is getting close.
Fishing is our only hobby and we are thrilled with our recent success.

Alan