today’s jig got its beginnings. Bobby ended up figuring out if he could cut the tail on both ends, leaving a collar. He then could slide it up on a jig head and slide a trailer behind it. That was how the spider jig originated. Bobby’s western following made the spider jig into a mainstay lure.
A cool feature of the jig was the ability to mix color. The collar color and the double tail could be changed to a variety of combinations. Out of that came the use of shad colors (smoke, sparkle, shad sparkle, and other clear colors), which we don’t see so much anymore. Browns, greens and oranges and combinations thereof were popular; however green pumpkin had not even found its way to the tackle color palette yet.
LIVEN IT UP
The next big leap in jig innovation was the addition of living rubber. Frank Hauck (an early team partner of Dee Thomas), came out with the living rubber skirt component. This creation allowed guys to add the living rubbers skirts on to their jig heads. Hauck sold the
WINTER 2015
Same jig Shad or Crawdad color options
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