Which is more productive, conventional or plastic jigs?

[jigtosser]

I know this opening a can of worms but would like to see what the majority use. I am leaning to going with plastic because it is easier to make and I feel like the soft plastic my cause the fish to hang on to it longer.

[skiptomylu]

If that is what you like then I say that is what you should do and not do what everyone else is doing. Personally I have pounds and pounds of soft plastics and almost never use them.

Now if I am going bass fishing I do use a lot of soft plastic unless the water temp is under 50 as soft plastic is no good under 50! Hair or feathers are much better then for sure and hair is probable the best when the water is that cold.

I do know that I have a good many customers that did use soft plastic almost all the time, but now use mine way more and soft plastic at time if they produce. Nothing wins 100% of the time.

I do question why you would depend on others telling you what to use and really if you like soft plastic then I think that is what you should do.

Skip

[jigtosser]

I am unfamiliar with both. If it is a fly I know what to do but jig fishing is a new world. When I tied flies for a living the only way I could make is was to offer something that no one else had. I want to see where the trend is. My friend here owns a bait show and his jig sales has dropped to almost 0 but his soft plastic flies off the wall so fast he can't hardly keep it in stock. I would like to see if it is the younger fisherman going to plastic of if it is a local thing. I want to set up a very small bait supply here and am looking at the most popular lures. The market is a fickle master and what is good today is out tomorrow. So where is it today?

[tsdunigan]

I used to use plastic alot , most of the time, until I started tying now I want to catch em on what I tyed that is the greatest!!! but on one lake I fish It seeems that plastic will always out produce hair or feathers so I guess let the fish tell you what they want!!!

[njones]

I prefer good old feather/hair jigs, they don't melt in a hot truck on a summer day.

[jigtosser]

That is a good one.

[gabowman]

I dont tie, but plastic is hard to beat for me. Sometimes I'll fish feathers, but rarely. It's either plastic or meat for me.:o

[deathb4disco]

Agree with Skip. There's not a plastic bait on the planet that has the same action as marabou or rabbit fur.

You said you tie flies, so you know how popular woolly buggers are. The hair or feather jig is the WB of the crappie world. They always have and always will catch crappie (and bluegill, bass, perch, white bass, etc.)

[jigtosser]

Don't get me started on the WB. I tie a western pattern that is a killer on browns. I had thought about doing up some of them as a jig to see what would happen. The only thing I have seen out produce the WB is maggots.

[JSC]

I know this opening a can of worms but would like to see what the majority use. I am leaning to going with plastic because it is easier to make and I feel like the soft plastic my cause the fish to hang on to it longer.

Hi JigTosser
If U R goin to make them to sell I would go with what is popular in UR area .. if its Soft Plastic .. Let them have it . Local markets vary a lot all over the country ... as long as U know how to tie for a back up U got them covered.

Good Luck
JSC