[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"learn-card-jig-fishing-for-trout":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"applyCta":6,"authorId":9,"body":10,"cardType":48,"description":16,"difficulty":49,"discipline":50,"editorId":9,"extension":52,"glossaryRefs":53,"hook":61,"meta":62,"navigation":63,"path":64,"publishedAt":65,"readingSeconds":66,"regionTags":67,"relatedCards":68,"safetyDisclaimerRequired":71,"seo":72,"status":73,"stem":74,"track":75,"updatedAt":65,"version":76,"__hash__":77},"learn_cards\u002Flearn\u002Fcards\u002Fjig-fishing-for-trout.md","Jig Fishing for Trout",{"label":7,"action":8},"Find a stream near you","open_planner",null,{"type":11,"value":12,"toc":44},"minimark",[13,17,20,38,41],[14,15,16],"p",{},"A small (1\u002F64 to 1\u002F16 oz) marabou or hair jig fished under a slip bobber is a workhorse trout setup that catches fish when other tactics don't. Trout treat the slow-fluttering jig as a wounded baitfish or drifting nymph — easy meal, low effort.",[14,18,19],{},"Setting it up:",[21,22,23,32,35],"ol",{},[24,25,26,27,31],"li",{},"Slip-bobber rig (see ",[28,29,30],"em",{},"The Slip-Bobber Rig",").",[24,33,34],{},"Bobber stop set so the jig rides 1–2 feet off the bottom.",[24,36,37],{},"Jig tied to the line with a Palomar Knot. Black, white, or olive marabou; chartreuse or pink in stained water.",[14,39,40],{},"The cadence: dead-stick the jig in slack water, or twitch it every 5–10 seconds in slow-current spots. Watch the bobber. A take is usually a slow pull — the jig is light, so trout don't slam it like a heavy lure.",[14,42,43],{},"Where it works: tail-outs of pools where current slackens, soft eddies behind boulders, undercut banks where current breaks. Anywhere you'd dead-drift a nymph fly. A jig fished slowly in good water outproduces a fast-stripped lure on most days.",{"title":45,"searchDepth":46,"depth":46,"links":47},"",2,[],"technique","2",[51],"spin","md",[54,55,56,57,58,59,60],"jig","bobber","presentation","pool","eddy","current","structure","A small marabou jig under a bobber catches trout most days, even when nothing else does. The setup, the cadence, and the where-to-cast.",{},true,"\u002Flearn\u002Fcards\u002Fjig-fishing-for-trout","2026-05-08","120",[],[69,70],"choosing-a-spinner","the-slip-bobber-rig",false,{"title":5,"description":16},"published","learn\u002Fcards\u002Fjig-fishing-for-trout","building","1","BcRlkgRF2wm-RuaqVYebASG_fRMvfRMkigqvvY9S8qU"]