A jig hook has a bend in the shank near the eye that places the eye along the centerline of the hook gape. These are used to make jigs by melting lead and forming the ball or cone of lead around the bend. The point of the hook rides up as in a clouser which is usefull when trolling. Jigs are often tied in a manner similar to flies. Bucktail and marabou are commonly used. It is a crossover manner of fishing between flies and hardware.
Clear as mud??? I can scan a few hooks and e mail to you off list. Ed Engelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) ---------- Original Message ----------- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 12:57:20 GMT Subject: Re: Jig Hooks was [VFB] Mylar Dusters > Just curious, what is a 'jig hook'? A treble? Waiting anxiously > for my copy of Fly Tyer... likely was sent to the old address and is > being forwarded as I type. Tight wraps, Pete > > >Another cool thing in this issue (other than Byard's add that is) was > >the use of jig hooks for crayfish flies. I'd never thunk that!!! I > > ___________________________________________________________________ > Speed up your surfing with Juno SpeedBand. > Now includes pop-up blocker! > Only $14.95/month -visit http://www.juno.com/surf to sign up today! ------- End of Original Message -------
