HEY NIB

[RIROCKHOUND]

OK. I'll let you know.

[gone fishin]

Canal special is a simple ball shaped jig head that works best in the canal. The location of the attaching loop is on the top of the ball and the hook faces up. Sinks quickly and doesn't hang up on the bounce. Tha smiling bills and the football has a tendancy to swim too long and they get hung up easily. I do use the football for rubber such as eels.

[NIB]

Originally Posted by gone fishin

Canal special is a simple ball shaped jig head that works best in the canal. The location of the attaching loop is on the top of the ball and the hook faces up. Sinks quickly and doesn't hang up on the bounce. Tha smiling bills and the football has a tendancy to swim too long and they get hung up easily. I do use the football for rubber such as eels.

Actually the canal special jig is different than a ball jig andrus used to make the ones sold around the ditch but someone else is makin em as of the last trip.It's hard to explain if u took a 2 oz bullet an put one oz balls on either side of the head towards the front u might have something like the 4 oz. canal special. It is specail to me as thats the one I got across my eyebrow...

[ProfessorM]

Stan K. makes one of the best canal jig's I have seen. He actually makes several. He uses a dremel tool by eye. P.

[gone fishin]

Nib is correct as usual -- how the hell did you end up rapping yourself with 4 1/2 ounces of jig?
I have a couple of the jigs in discussion in my photos and figured if I attached them it would clear up any questions about the jigs. These are the newer versions of the jig and they hold up pretty good. They are available in all weights. Depending on the speed of the current, I use a pork rind with them. Sometimes a curly tail is good also. The only trouble with the rind or curly tail is that it takes a little longer to get the bounce needed.
The eye is stainless and the hook is a mustad 8/0 stainless hook.