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Building the Perfect Jig
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 10:56 pm
by WB Staff
Football head jigs have long been a part of Gary Dobyn's tournament winning arsenal. For years he was unable to find a jig that met his exacting standard, his solution, build his own. In response to the many requests from anglers and tackle dealers, Dobyns felt the time was right to create a signature line of structure style football jigs that paid homage to his past creations yet incorporated some new and innovative design elements. Recently the Inside Line caught up with the CEO of Dobyns Rods to talk about jig designs, trailers and of course jig sticks.
BUILDING THE PERFECT JIG
The perfect jig starts with the perfect hook and for Dobyns that hook is the Gamakatsu 604 Round Bend Hook. “For years I have had a love affair with that hook, it's the best jig hook that's ever been made bar none in my opinion,” said Dobyns. “It's strong and super sharp, once you stick 'em, the fish won't come off. We had a lot of requests from guys wanting a EWG style, so I made one version (jig) with a 5/0 that we call the Extreme and one (jig) with a 4/0 which we call the Extreme Spotted Bass Special.”
As for the head itself, it is a traditional rounded football shape with a recessed 90 degree line tie. Dobyns put a lot of thought into the design of the weedguard. “With a lot of jigs, if you mash the weedguard, it'll just fall out. That just drives me crazy,” he lamented. “So I made the cavity of the head deeper so the fibers would fit into it deeper and I put a couple of millimeter collar outside of the jighead to put even more bite into the weedguard.”
Even with his original jigs, Dobyns never found the ideal solution for keeping his Yamamoto Twin Tail Grub attached. “I was insistent on...
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Re: Building the Perfect Jig
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 1:56 pm
by rcjoutdoors
I love fishing football jigs, but unfortunately where I am, the lakes don't work well with them. I still buy them in hopes of finding that perfect lake, without muck or heavy grass.
The Xtasy DRX 754C will be a rod I try in the future.
Re: Building the Perfect Jig
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 2:10 pm
by WRB
Good looking jigs Gary!
While I have used Gamakasu 604's with my jigs when targeting areas with wood and a weed guard the 114's have worked better for me when making long cast over 100' fishing deeper water sparse cover areas with rock without a weed guard.
Good luck,
Tom
Re: Building the Perfect Jig
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 3:07 pm
by ash
rcjoutdoors wrote:I love fishing football jigs, but unfortunately where I am, the lakes don't work well with them. I still buy them in hopes of finding that perfect lake, without muck or heavy grass.
The Xtasy DRX 754C will be a rod I try in the future.
Sounds like an Arkie Jig would be great in these types of situations. There are plenty of good ones out there and it sounds like Dobyn's is working toward new baits and styles all the time.
Re: Building the Perfect Jig
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2020 7:05 am
by rcjoutdoors
ash wrote:rcjoutdoors wrote:I love fishing football jigs, but unfortunately where I am, the lakes don't work well with them. I still buy them in hopes of finding that perfect lake, without muck or heavy grass.
The Xtasy DRX 754C will be a rod I try in the future.
Sounds like an Arkie Jig would be great in these types of situations. There are plenty of good ones out there and it sounds like Dobyn's is working toward new baits and styles all the time.
You are correct. I tend to have to use Arkie, flipping, grass or swim jigs. I have a megabass zero hurry jig that is pretty light and the rate of fall keeps it from getting too sloppy. If the jigs keep getting too filthy it'll be some sort of Texas or Tokyo rig.
Re: Building the Perfect Jig
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2020 9:35 pm
by Gary Dobyns
Re: Building the Perfect Jig
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 8:04 am
by rcjoutdoors
Thanks for the insight Mr. Dobyns