New Alpha Jig Facts

[CamG]

Originally Posted by pro reel

Cam, that quote was from the fishing university guy about the dual hook jigs he was advertising. I agree, I have caught a lot of bass on jigs where I hooked them in the roof of the mouth, especialy if they bite the bait on the fall. As for the perfect strike jig, I don't recall them saying that they think jigs always fall over in a fish's mouth, only that they can easilly fall over and slide through the fish's jaws. The designer of the perfect strike jig made sure to point out that he caught lots and lots of bass on regular jigs before he designed this jig and that the main thing he was trying to do was make one that always turned up, not just some of the time. He also wanted his to be very resistent to snags so that it could be fished in thick cover without losing a bunch of them. I lose a lot of jigs during a season. I was initially impressed with the dual weed guard and then the shape of the head that seems to rotate the jig up anytime it moves over something. I agree with you on the cross line tie 100%. Denny Brauer started talking about that in magazine articles a long time ago. Denny helped to design a jig that uses that cross line tie hook and one point he makes for it is that the vertical tie will slide out of a fishes mouth easier than than a cross line tie. Thats one reason I have always prefered my eakins jigs with a cross line tie. When I saw the perfect strike jigs I was impressed but not convinced. I did some checking on them and found out that they had actually been in use locally for a long time, but never sucsesfully brought to market on a large scale. I heard from someone I trust that told us he uses them and that they are much harder to get snagged and they his experience with them is that they almost always hook the bass securly in the roof of the mouth. I then did the same thing I have done with several other bait companies. I tried to work a deal to help each other advertise and offered to do some reel service for them to get a supply of baits. They sent me abunch of jigs and I will be cleaning some reels for Bo this winter. I do the same thing with Minda Baits, Moaner hooks and triggerfish baits. All of these are baits or hooks that I like to use and therefore I advertise for them and they advertise for me. If you like the looks of any of those baits or the perfect strike jigs, then try them out, if not, then don't. Makes no difference to me and I certainly don't want any hard feelings with anyone here who seem to have been offended that I like a bait that they don't or are sceptical of.

First of all Kevin, I definitely have no hard feelings about this...believe me. We are talking about a fishing lure, not global warming.

I apologize that I didn't read furthur into this thread to realize that the statement was made by Charlie Ingram. That guy would try to sell snake oil if he that it would make him a buck.