I'm going to "go out on a limb" with this post.

I just received my first order of http://verticallures.com/]JIGS from Vertical Lures in South Carolina. I read about them from someone else's post a week or two ago. Thank you whomever you are and I'm sorry I can't give you credit for this new bait.

Of course, the most outstanding feature is the way the line is tied to the jig and the video-demo on their site will show it to you. That was enough to get me to place an order but there are other outstanding 'little' things that I like about this jig.

The silicon skirt is long enough so that it can be trimmed to your preferred length. The fiber guard is color-coded to the same basic color in the head or skirt and has the 'right' number of fibers(IMO). And, they come with a "double buck shot rattle system" that can be added(one or two rattles--your choice) or left off if you want a 'quiet' jig. Even the rattle bodies are color-coded/matched to the basic jig color.

By "going out on a limb" I meant that I havn't pitched one yet much less caught a Bass with one but I'll bet you I will as long as 'operator error' doesn't raise its ugly head.

Dan

I hope it's not too hard to tie in that weird postion? Good luck Dan I am sure you will catch some hogs w/ em' :+

I went to my boss's pond to try out my new Vertical Jig. I started out at about 11:30 AM on a sun-shiny day, temps in the 50s, and lots of wind.

My second pitch of the new jig(3/4 oz, Cayuga Craw with a Joe's chunk trailer, CB's HS, and Megastrike) landed me a 6lb, 8 oz Bass. She picked it up off of the bottom in about 10' of water. Her belly was bulging from either eggs(I doubt that this early?) or food. She had the slender, dark, flat tail of something(?) sticking out of her throat. I was pumped with that catch as as far as I know, that's the heaviest Bass caught in that 5 year old pond!

The opening for the line tie is perfect to press a gob of Megastrike into. It stayed the entire time I was pitching. I dipped the jig into CB's HS several times to 'refresh' it.

Pitching the 1/2 oz VJ in black/blue caught me three dinks in shallower water. And then I caught a 1 lb, 3 oz, 15 incher on that jig.

Next came a 2.0 lb, 16 incher I caught on a wacky-rigged Long Ika(color #196).

Before I quit due to the wind, I had a 3(?) lber on the 3/4 oz VJ but I let her get off as I was trying to lip her.

Yes, I'm impressed with the VJ's. I only had 3 or 4 hang ups and I got them loose by just getting close and reeling down. This is a quality jig in my book.

Vertcal Jigs

6.5 lbs--23"

Belly!

Again

1.3 lbs--15"


2.0 lbs--16"



Dan

Sounds good Dan! But your pics didnt work.

Sorry. If you have the time, go back to P/B and use my 'name'(lightninrod) and my read-only password, 1rebel


Dan

Hey Dan I checked it out very nice fish! So do you think that this new jig is better than the traditionals? BTW you got some great looking fishin spots!

Tayler: Yes, I do. Here's the link: http://verticallures.com that I didn't post correctly above. Look closely at them and you will pick out some differences right off of the 'bat'; quality hook and hook angle, color-coded rattles and fiber guards, 'pocket' for some Megastrike 'deposits', flat bottom for the upright position when on the bottom, long skirt for trimming to your liking, and hard, smooth paint. There's something you can't see in the site's pics and that's a 'trailer-keeper' for crawdad trailers. Oh, and the unique line-tie method;) !


Dan