Originally Posted by
tailingloop
I don't find that flys tied on micro jigs are any more difficult to cast than flies weighted with beadheads or dumbell eyes. And with the weight all the way forward and the hook eye position with the 90 degree jig hook can generate and undulating or jigging motion than is difficult to replicate with a beadhead or Clouser style tie.
Since I started experimenting with flies tied on jig heads a few years a go my angling buddies and I have found that in may situations, when the same pattern is tied beadhead style on a regular hook and on a micro fly jig head and fished side by side, the jig head version is often more productive. The jig head versions are also better for vertical drop presentations as the beadhead or clouser style ties tend to slide down at an angle when sinking and the jig head versions tend to sink more vertically. Most of our testing has been with largemouth bass, bluegill, and crappie. The use of jighead flies has produced the greatest improvement in catch rates for us when targeting bass and bluegill that are tucked into reeds where the most effective presentation is a vertical drop where the fly stays right against the cover as it falls through the water column.