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My 16 year old Grandson wants to start bass fishing and is looking for suggestions for jig colors. All suggestions welcome and appreciated.

Brown/Purple with a twin tail Cinnamon Black flake is a good one in many lakes. 3/8 to 3/4 oz.

Good choice Mitch
Green pumpkin/Black green crystal/Burnt orange
Watermelon Red/Black Flake 208 Yamamoto twin tail 4" grubs trailers.
Black
Black/Blue
Black/Brown
Black/Purple
Brown
Brown/Craw orange
Brown/Black
Brown/Purple
Brown/PB&J
Purple
PB&J
Blue Magic
Fish hunter green/Red/Green flake
Fire craw
Junebug
Anything finesse
Arkie head
Football head
Walleye head
Round head
Bullet head
Brush head
Standup head
All good jig heads

My suggestion for anyone learning to cast and retrieve bottom contact jigs is start with a weedless black football head w/ premium hook in 3/8 & 1/2 oz with Yamamoto twin tail Hula grub 4”.
Colors 221, 301, 330 and any smoke black-Silver flake.
Tom
PS, PM email and will send your son a copy of my Horizontal Jigging In-Fisherman article.

What setup will he be using casting or spinning rod
I like MH spinning and casting rods but I only use maxima 4,6,8,10 line green I have five Spinning rods on the deck one with 4 lb two with 6 lb. 2 with 8 lb.
My casting rods I have 3 on the deck two with 8 lb.
One with 10 lb. All my rods are 6' 6" rods
On my spinning rods I throw jigs from 1/8 to 1/2 oz.
My casting rods I throw jigs from 3/8 to 3/4 oz.
In all types of structure. WRB has a great article on horizontal jigging I would take him up on his offer.
I also do a lot of vertical jigging in Dec through mid Feb very deadly presentation in the colder months in depths from 25 to 60 feet of water.

Bruce tell me what type outfit he will be fishing with lb test he using
I will set him up with jig heads in football head with light fiber guards for hula grubs
In 1/4 3/8 1/2 oz sizes
Also I'll build him some jigs in football head with light fiber guards 1/4 3/8 1/2 oz
He needs to start off right foot
You can teach him the basic
Mother lode lake are a good place to start
Send me a PM with your address I'll get them made this week. And sent On me

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My suggestion for anyone learning to cast and retrieve bottom contact jigs is start with a weedless black football head w/ premium hook in 3/8 & 1/2 oz with Yamamoto twin tail Hula grub 4”.
Colors 221, 301, 330 and any smoke black-Silver flake.
Tom
PS, PM email and will send your son a copy of my Horizontal Jigging In-Fisherman article.
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Tom thanks for the offer. Will send PM with E mail info.

Jiggin,
Thanks for the offer, much appreciated. Fishing McClure, Pedro and Melones.
Will start him throwing 7' MH spinning rod, 8-12 lb test, then move to 7'3" MH casting rod, 10-16 lb test.
He has seen pics of your jigs and was really impressed with them.
Will send you a PM with address info.

Ok got it
Will start on them tomorrow

This is why I love this sport so much I get to help people especially young people just getting starting with there dad's and or the granddad or both as a family.
This is what keep me going

Bruce Theriot wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2025 7:29 pm

WRB wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2025 4:45 pm My suggestion for anyone learning to cast and retrieve bottom contact jigs is start with a weedless black football head w/ premium hook in 3/8 & 1/2 oz with Yamamoto twin tail Hula grub 4”.
Colors 221, 301, 330 and any smoke black-Silver flake.
Tom
PS, PM email and will send your son a copy of my Horizontal Jigging In-Fisherman article.

Tom thanks for the offer. Will send PM with E mail info.

Article sent

[quote=jiggin4bass post_id=694719 time=1737517984 user_id=25287]
Ok got it
Will start on them tomorrow
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He will be so excited. Thanks

Bruce get him a 3700 Plano tackle box he'll need it He going to have in the neighborhood of about 52 jigs and 12 hula grub football jig heads
I mixed the sizes from 1/4 to 1/2 oz

I want to see pics of the fish he catches after.

WRB wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2025 9:08 pm

Bruce Theriot wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2025 7:29 pm

WRB wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2025 4:45 pm My suggestion for anyone learning to cast and retrieve bottom contact jigs is start with a weedless black football head w/ premium hook in 3/8 & 1/2 oz with Yamamoto twin tail Hula grub 4”.
Colors 221, 301, 330 and any smoke black-Silver flake.
Tom
PS, PM email and will send your son a copy of my Horizontal Jigging In-Fisherman article.

Tom thanks for the offer. Will send PM with E mail info.

Article sent

Unable to clear my PM inbox to read your last reply. open to suggestions how to empty my inbox?
Tom

Tom when you open message you'll see previous messages there a bar that reads Mark/Unmark important click that bar right underneath it well say delete mark click on that to the right of every message there little box click the box it will check mark go back to delate marked click on it and start deleting the message you don't want.

Thanks Mark, I have tried that several times, Mark delete and Go, an ad pops up and go back and start over, it’s catch 22. Something is haywire with my IPad.
You look comfortable with your procedure. At least the person who hit you carrier left their name.
Tom

Bruce Theriot I'm working on the jigs Saturday they well be shipped Monday.

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Bruce Theriot I'm working on the jigs Saturday they well be shipped Monday.
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Thanks for the info. He is very excited to see the jigs. Can I help pay for shipping?

I've got shipping covered no problem.

Deavyn Theriot a preview of jigs you'll be getting soon

Hi Jiggin, this is Bruce's grandson, Deavyn. I wanted to thank you for the jigs, I appreciate it a lot. They look awesome.
I understand you only make these jigs for select people, I'm very grateful.
Very generous of you. Thank you.

P.S. Do you have any jig trailer colors you'd recommend?

I'll send Yamamoto twin tail trailers 3 or 4 different colors with color number. When I ship the jigs

4" twin tail Yamamoto grubs
208 watermelon red/blk flk
194 watermelon blk flk
221 cinnamon purple blk flk
297 grn pumpkin blk flk
176 cinnamon ( brown ) blk flk
021 blk blue flk
9003 fire craw
5" twin tail yamamoto grubs
021 blk blue flk
176 cinnamon (bro) blk flk
194 watermelon blk flk
208 watermelon red/ blk flk
221 cinnamon purple/blk flk
286 dark pumpkin blk flk
297 brn pumpkin blk flk
301 grn pumpkin grn/ purple flk
330 grn pumpkin purple/copper flk
9003 fire craw

Thanks for the trailer suggestions. Will add some to my TW order.

I like using 4" twin tails on 1/8 1/4 3/8 oz. Jigs depending on how I tie them up and hook size
3/8 1/2 3/4 oz I go with either single tail 5" or twin tails I use 4/0 5/0 6/0 mustad light wire hooks in everything I build and throw. They all can be made to be use as finesse jigs
Also I really like using the 5" singal tail grubs on 3/8 1/2 3/4 oz. Jigs in the winter months a perfect match.
June bug is another color Yamamoto use to make in 4" & 5" twin tail grubs but no longer do.
I think you can get them in hula grubs but the color has change some.