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And although the hook eye normally points straight up from a jig's head, the latest fad in bass fishing is the "swimming" jig, which has a forward-pointing hook eye so the jig can more easily be pulled horizontally-instead of simply up and down-through thick underwater weeds.
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Set the jig's depth so that the jig sits right on the bottom when cast.
All About Jigs 2009
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If God is a product of evolution, like bipedalism and tool making, well, the jig's up and not just for evangelicals.
Pete Enns: Once More, With Feeling: Adam, Evolution And Evangelicals Pete Enns 2012
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Seems last year they were all set to vote to ask the UN to tell us the jig's up and leave when Maliki took it upon himself to ask the UN to give our occupation their blassing for another year.
GOPer Drake: Iraqi Parliament Has "Better Track Record" Than Dem Congress 2009
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White Screen of Despair: The jig's up skip to main
The jig's up 2009
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Alexander Ming Jr., shown fleeing to the right of the illustration, commiserated with a companion that "the jig's up," as a Whig on the left side boasted "Huzza! onward, we'll bang Slamm and the rest of them this time."
Advocating The Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840 2006
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He insertsthe jig's collar into the Dinger's tail.
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Adorning the hookwith a strip of red or yellow pork rind can increase the jig's effectiveness.
How to Catch Fall Stripers: It's Not Easy, but It's Worth It 2005
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A durable paint finish, such as a baked-on powder coat, does more than improve the jig's appearance — its slick surface also helps the lure slide through abrasive cover that quickly chips off inferior paint.
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The biggest downside to a pork trailer is that it sometimes twists around in front of the jig's hook when a bass inhales the bait, impeding or even preventing hook penetration.
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