When to flip a Texas rig as opposed to flippin a jig?
In extremely brushy or weedy areas that you just cannot get a flipping jig through, go Texas bullet style. Do not use a flipping jig with a bulky skirt and trailer in such thick cover. It’s bulkiness resists breaking through hard-to-penetrate cover. Use a thin bait (a tube or worm) that slips easily through thick cover. A Texas-rigged tube slips through great. If you opt for a worm, make sure it does not have a clingy tail that will wrap around and break off on grabby cover. With either bait, there are three rigging options, but the first one is usually the best in thick cover: 1) Pegging the weight right on the nose of the bait is usually required in thick cover. Break off a toothpick in the butt of the weight to keep it in place. Because the pegged weight and the bait essentially cast as one piece, you can cast as precisely as possible into teacup-sized holes and you do not have any of the inaccuracy that occurs with an unpegged weight when it slides up the line on a cast into cover.
