Thanks for the wake up- call, Rich. I used to swim / search a jig and
pig but got away from it by accident. I think using a flipp[ing stick --
which isn't the best for casting -- took me away from it. I'm tying one
on a rod today so I don't forget.

In RichZ wrote:
I fish a jig & trailer A LOT. But i fish it as a casting lure way more
than most fishermen. When the jig & pig first burst into bass fishing
community's collective consciousness, back in 77-78, my first reaction
was that it couldn't really be that much different than just fishing
a bulky plastic bait. But I was soon proved wrong. By 1980, I was
probably catching 75 to 80% of my bass on it. I think that creature
baits have eclipsed it in today's world, but I still catch a load of
bass on it, and more than half of them (way more than half, actually)
are caught fishing it as a bottom tracing tool rather than just
flipping/pitching it to objects. Its way too valuable a tool for
feeling you way around beyond what you can see to flip at, to waste
it as only a target tool.

RichZ©
www.richz.com/fishing