Vertical Jigs: Tie 'em? Use 'em?

[Uncle Grump]

Do any of you tie vertical jigs - by vertical - I mean the orientation of the hook in the water - most every thing else I've seen posted here has been horizantal jigs....

I found some verticals at a local store last fall, and dug them out on Sat. to play with. These I assume were cast using a JC-6-1632 mold, or something very similar.

There isn't alot of room on the hook, so I kept the dressings small.

Comments? How you tie them - your experience when you've used them....

Thks

UG

[Uncle Grump]

One more pic....

[skiptomylu]

What make them vertical other than taking the picture with them pointing up? Do they sit like that in the water? I can't see why and what makes them any different??

Confused here!

Skip

[Skypilot]

Interesting.........

[beenfishin?]

skip, the eye of the hook is straight, not a 90 degree like crappie jigs. they are not normally used for vertical jigging. they are more popular for casting.

[Yodibuzz]

this type jig is not normally tied just tipped with live bait. good in cold water or ice fishing. yes we fish them vertical most of the time. 1/32 nd or smaller.

[skiptomylu]

skip, the eye of the hook is straight, not a 90 degree like crappie jigs. they are not normally used for vertical jigging. they are more popular for casting.

Oh man I feel stupid as I didn't even notice that, LOL! I was just looking so hard at the jig I missed the eye!

Thanks for the help since I was clearly having a Senior Moment. You all will find out what that is at some point.

Skip

[fish_4_all]

I vertical jig with my crappie jigs. Granted I have not done a lot of it for crappie but I do it all the time fishing Lilly pads and thick weed mats as well as rocks and thick structure.

Simply tie the hook on using a different know that holds the jig vertical instead of horizontal. Makes it flair up and down standing straight up. The know is hard to explain but I will see if I can the instructions again that I learned from. Is basically a double loop cinch knot where one loop is on the eye and the other goes around it. I imagine there is a way to do this with a drop loop but I don't know how.

I do like those though all head and a little live bait wold make it easier to jig thick spots and not get hung up as much.

[Uncle Grump]

Beenfishin: Thanks for the assist.

Yodibuzz: Thanks for the info - the yellow/green were labeled 1/32oz, while the orange/yellow were labeled 1/16 - a misprint for one of them, as they looked to be the same size. Did not weigh them. I've got some that are super small - maybe 1/100 or smaller that I use on the ice, nothing this big.

Skip: Senior moments are hitting me all to often - can't seem to remember where my keys, my glasses, my <insert-object-of-your-choice-here> are, etc.

UG

[Yodibuzz]

UG

they look great tied up. i would still tip with a maggot are wax worm and hang on.
great for perch, bluegills and crappie in cold water. they really do have a unique action.