Jpig in action ;-)

[jbird]

Ok guys, A report on the jpig!

Its not really a fair report cause it took place on a private pond....with no camera. Tho I hereby solomnly swear the following report is true to the best of my knowledge

Ironicly, I had tied up another one in the same session as the one pictured above that had many of the atributes you guys described (thank you, by the way) More and longer rubber legs, more, bigger and webbier hackle and bigger chennile. It had blood/maroon rabbit strip, black/orange chennile, black hackle and pupkinseed rubber legs. I didnt post its picture cause I honestly thought it looked disgusting The very first cast yielded a solid 5# fish! in the first 45 minutes I caught and released about 15 bass between 2-5#. I thought, wait a second, this is a farm pond, these fish would probably bite my finger if I wiggled it in the water. I rotated through about 6 flies in the next 2 hours. All rabbit flies like the ones I've tied before. Did well on the chartreuse, yielding one fish I couldve put my whole fist in its mouth. But the winner was, without a doubt, the Jpig! It outfished the other patters at least 4-1.
The funny thing is, you know it doesnt look like anything these fish have ever seen. It just triggers an instinct I guess.

Bass buggin is a new world for me. I really like it! You guys are all partly to blame

J-Pig-Bird

[Hairstacker]

Holy moly, 15 bass in 45 minutes?!? That is just awesome! I sure would like to see a picture of this version of the jpig, as I want to tie some up myself!

[jbird]

Mike

You might want a few beers before you look at this ...its ugly...with a capital ugg!



Considering it was responsible for over 20 bass, it is in greaat condition.

J

[Hairstacker]

Jay, ANY fly that is THAT attractive to bass is simply BEAUTIFUL to me! All kidding aside, thank you, I very much appreciate the picture, as I will use it as THE model. Who knows, you could become famous for this fly someday. . . .

[JerryInLodi]

jbird, that is the most butt ugly fly I've ever seen and that includes some of my failures! I WANT ONE!

Hey, if you want to try it on Delta Bass, e-mail me. I'm open both mornings and afternoons for the next week and a half, ending on Sunday, August 20th.

All it will cost is half the gas for my boat and your drive down here.

gneuburger@yahoo.com

Oophs, I didn't see that you live all the way north in Medford, if you want, pick a proxy from someone posting and mail them a couple of flies and they'll fish it for you! The offer's still good!

[Flyjunkie]

JAY,

The JAY~PIG Rocks!!!! Damn fine Bassin' session you had today!!!!

I Love the "seriously Chewed into Ugliness" look of the Obviously Productive Fly....
(I have a Number of Saltwater Flies that look that way from Insane Sessions..I Love em... )

Very good there on the "field testing"....

I'll be adding afew to the Bass Box ASAP....

Kudos....
DEAN~

[Darian]

Can we offically name Jay the PIG MEISTER A truly great day of fishing. Be careful, you might have a new addiction (besides Steelhead fishing).

[jbird]

OK Guys. I may need to reiterate how dumb these bass were. The big one...the one with the fist sized mouth...appeared from the depths, eyeing the end of my fly line...like it wanted to eat it. I gave a couple long strips to replace its field of vision with the fly. It promptly inhaled it right in front of my disbelieving eyes. Not to mention these fish were all caught mid afternoon under a high, hot sun. I cant even count how many times I watched a fish inhale and exhale my fly between strips. Theres no telling how many times that happened when my fly was out of sight.

The pond is 15' deep by 3 acres. The shores all slope pretty steeply. Most of my fish were taken along the shore where a pump brings fresh, cool water in from the rogue river. I was using a floating line, 12' 1X leader and my 7wt. I was casting at a 45* angle off the shore and bringing it up the slope with a very slow retrieve with long pauses. Most of the takes were detected by seeing the line "tick". Tho there were some that murdered it and popped the line tight. There were also some that were just 'there', like hooking the bottom. I did notice if I started daydreaming, I wouldnt get fish. I had to focus on the strip and watch the line carefully to get fish. I thought I might try a sinktip there next time but it might negate the jigging action I get with the floater and long leader.
I did try a popper for a while with no results at all.

Tomorrow, Mark and I are gonna go to where the bass are wild and big enough to eat a small child. This will be a more suitable proving ground for the new fly.

Jpig

PS Jerry, I'd love to fish the delta with you sometime

[Darian]

WOW!!!!.... Bass wild and big enough to eat a small child What would it take to get the location of that place (By E-mail, of course )

[David Lee]

I expected NOTHING LESS from you ........ GREAT REPORT !!!!!

JPig , indeed .........

Sure would be nice to get some of our SoCal (Dean , Paul C. , Digger , W.C. , etc ...) and Oregon (JBird , Sculpin , O.S. , etc. ....) boardies up here in October for the Delta trip

THAT would be a scream ......

David