We have whole 'season' of twitchin jigs in Yakutat. Lots of guys like to run longer rods down in the contiguous 48. But for us, that extra length, is time wasted setting the hook fish that only hold the jig in their grill for a split second... We fish short rods, and fairly magnum tapers generally. I actually liked the bananna yellow WM in an 8 footer last year for clients! They eat it on the drop, and the shorter the distance that you have to swing to drill 'em, the more positive hookups you will generally have.

My ideal jigger would be a spinning reel seat, on a 7'6" medium action, maybe 8-17# line, moderate modulous graphite blank for myself, and some sort of composite, for clients, because Im cheep, and I hate seeing hi-stickery go awry. This coming season Im gonna try some off tha shelf Lami rods for Silver twitchin, but we'll see if they can out gun the Ugly Sticks the other guides use, in sheer effectiveness.... Ask Nick Amato, and Robert Campbell all about Ugly Sticks in Yakutat! Hahahaha!

I will say this tho, rod prolly doesnt matter as much as technique, and presentation. Some fish will eat anyones shoddy twitch, but sometimes Ive gotta be constantly giving instruction, to find EXACTLY what that remedial group of fish wants to see.

I'm actually curious to see if The Merg Man shows up here. Regardless of what anyone thinks, the dude has enough twitches under his belt to know how he would like to have a rod built... I think...