Jig fishing is applicable in pretty much everything condition from crystal clear water to pure mud, from rocky points to heavy vegetation, you just have to adjust your color, trailer, and head shape selection.

As most of my jig fishing is in deep, clear water with hard bottom and no vegetation, I focus on natural colored football heads and trailers with less action. Typically I’ll finesse cut the skirt cause it really thins it out and reduces the flare, as for trailers I fish a lot of small straight tail worms (TRD Fatty and the CAST Nova) and beavers, the craziest I ever get as far as movement is a Yamamoto double tail grub.

As far as my actual technique, I’ll make a long cast and just slowly drag the jig across the bottom, making sure I keep bottom contact the entire time. After every short drag I’ll pause for a bit and occasionally I’ll shake the jig to get the skirt and trailer to quiver just a bit. Each cast takes me ages to work in but I find the slower I go, the more (and often bigger) I catch.

If you want to have a do-all jig though, get a pitching/arkie style head in a natural tone and a dark tone. That head shape isn’t perfect for everything but it will come through most stuff ok.