"any trip with a fish to the bank and no major brainfarts with my truck or gear is a good trip."

I'll raise a toast to that, B. Gray. Thanks for the input.

As for sizes I like an 1/8th oz in the summer most of the time and a 1/16th oz on occasion.........a good heavy wire 1/16th oz head is a plus. In winter I use a 1/4 oz head almost exclusively...the heavier head tracks better in the heavier(usually)flows of winter. For the pink worms I do the same, 1/8th oz in the summer and 1/4 oz in the winter(the worm works much better in the winter than summer).

Another vote for Jake the Snake
Cerise jigs on the nooch work great also

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Dan S.,
I havent fished with jigs alot, so whats a good depth and what kind of water do you fish it in fast? deep? slow?
thanks for all the help
Ryan Sedy

Ryan,

On the Nooch we typically fish them from a boat, and that lets you fish a wider variety of water than you can from the bank, since your boat moves along with your float/jig. From shore, look for water on the slower side, or fish seams between fast and slower water. This is difficult sometimes because if you're trying to fish slower water on the opposite side of the river, the faster current close to you wants to drag your offering downstream too fast. That means you need a long rod to keep your line off the water, and you need to mend your line often to keep it from dragging on your float.

From a boat, fish them downstream of the boat, and use the boat to postiion the floats in the slot. You'll have to adjust your jig depth often, to keep the jig within a foot or so of the bottom. Steelhead will often move up to get a jig, but you shouldn't expect them to move too far.

Watch your float for anything funky. Some days, the fish will dunk a float instantly, some days you'll just see the float wobble a bit, in either case set the hook.

On the Nooch, both the old white bridge hole, the hole(s) at the 7400 put-in, and the hole(s) around the bend (downstream) from the Wishkah bridge are all good jig water. Give them a try, and good luck.

Fish on.........

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Jig Man, for the finishing touch on the knot you mentioned after you pas through the double loop take the line back thru the loop you created. You'll have to use a little more caution when pulling it tight but the knot will be just a tiny bit stronger.

I do that, I just have a hard time describing knot tying! I love that knot, it's strong and it will not slip.

Anyone have any preference regarding jighead color? Unpainted? Black? Painted to match the color of your jig (like, say, a pink-painted jighead matched with pink marabou)?

What about jighead color when using pink worms?

Just curious. Thanks.

On pink worms I've found it's better not to paint the heads. They seem to fish better if you can bang the rocks a bit with them and the paint won't stay on them anyway. As for jigs I like black most of the time though I'm not sure head color makes much of a difference at all, caught lots of fish on jigs that had all the paint gone off the head.

Thanks, Jigman. Your advice is most appreciated.