When fishing for big fish at deep water destinations such as Iceland and Norway, for many years I only ever used metal jigs. Certainly metal jigs, or pirks as they are widely known, are highly effective, though fishing them correctly is a very physical form of angling. You have to continually work these lures in order to impart the necessary action required, and convince the fish your lure is something tasty to eat and not simply a cold piece of painted lead. Further, almost all designs of metal jig work most efficiently when jigged in as near to a vertical line beneath the boat as possible, and when working
