Did find a couple of good articles in the archives by guys that are familiar with the jig. That is what we call a no alibi Haven't seen one with the no alibi name on the card lately though I have caught a lot of crappie and white bass on the red head with white hair one of those The original rooty tooty 309 looked almost identical to the no alibi Cromer is the only one i know that still has some in his tackle box, except
Done a search yesterday for lil no alibi jig (used in 50s and 60s) last one i bought was in taft fl in 1965 used them for flounder but would like to buy or tie some for specks but they are like hen's teeth Did find a couple of good articles in the archives by guys that are familiar with the jig Before thompson turned his flies into bread and butter, as news sentinel outdoors writer chambliss pierce wrote in 1958, similar jigs had been called pee wee, tennessee jig, hadacol, jean's fly, no alibi and probably a bunch of other stuff After thompson got going, hadacol and pee wee were no more Everything was a doll fly.
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