The jig book is actually Vedder's - 'Zog's is on drift and spoon fishing. And Silent Approach actually makes a "squawf***ing northern pikeminnow" jig. Apparently it works well. They also make fine steelhead jigs.

Gooooooooooose! You're a jig virgin?!? Oh man, have you been missing out on fun and productive feeshin. I read how you like to use gobs of black yarn for 'hos. Well jigs are sophisticated versions of that. And multi-colored. And weighted.

One of the advantages of using jigs under a float is that their inherant weight keeps the slack out of the line from jig to float - thus immediately detects fish strikes. Use the search feature for 'jigs' and see lots of tech and color suggestions. Check out firstcastjigs.com site for lots of info. >

As for the smaller faster water slots, I suggest trying 2 things. Use added lead weight a couple feet or so up the line from the jig, and big enough float size for it, to get the jig down quickly in a short distance. Also, people are finding out that you can drift fish a jig without a float, quite effectively in faster water. Have fun.