Slow Pitch Jigging

[Striper Tattoo]

Originally Posted by jokim

How does slow pitch jigging work for fluke?

I usually do fast short vertical jigging bucktails when fluking like skinner.

After dropping your jig into the strike zone, the first turn of the handle loads the soft tip of the rod, since slow-¬pitching requires rods with this action. “The tip snaps the jig up and then the jig free-falls in the strike zone. After a couple of short seconds, that fall ends, so you have to develop a cadence, making quarter-turns or half-turns of the reel methodically to load the rod. Usually, I make five or six cranks, and then I free-spool the jig back down.”
Because of the specific types of jigs used, the presentation mimics a disabled baitfish fluttering instead of fleeing.