Here is a picture of my "Bitsy Banana" jig, the first picture is just the slight modification and it is the wire keeper, that jig is 1/4oz with an Owner 5304 deep throat jig hook. The second picture is my bitsy banana, it is 3/16oz with an FG-12 weed guard and is in my "mud melon" pattern but my lousy photography makes it hard to tell what the color looks like. What I did to downsize the weed guard on the 3/16oz jig is I used epoxy putty to fill the weed guard slot and then I made a groove to fit my 5/64" pin I made from tool steel I got from speedy metals a few years back. What is really nice about the 3/16oz jig is that I used the smaller weed guard and a 3/0 Owner 5313 extra strong, short shank 90 degree jig hook in order to make this a compact little finesse jig for skipping boat docks and probing sparse cover in clear shallow water. The 5313 hook is strong, it isn't the typical Aberdeen style hook but it isn't a flipping hook either but the short shank lets me use the 3/0 which is strong enough to use 12# or 15# line without fear of bending the hook out, yet keeps the profile small, it is only slightly longer than my 1/8oz finesse football head with a 1/0 hook. I made the 1/4oz with a 3/0 5304 and it looks a lot larger than the 5313 but I made it with that hook as well, the purpose is to make a jig that works like the bitsy bug jig and the bitsy flip, and so far it looks good, I just need to test it out. For you guys getting into pouring, if you like the bitsy bug or bitsy flip jig, you owe it to yourself to check out the Do-it weedless banana jig, it is a really nice profile and I think it is going to be very effective as both a finesse jig and a flipping style jig in the heavier weights.
