Among the forage choices available to a bass, the spider would seldom be listed. However, tackle maker Bobby Garland proved just how effective a “spider jig” could be when hopped along the rocky shelves in the clear reservoirs of Arizona—especially in winter.
It’s unclear what prompted the idea to rob a soft-plastic tube bait of its molded skirt material and fashion it above a Mister Twister Double Tail grub, but that’s precisely the source of Garland’s original spider jig design. The injection-molded skirt gave the spider jig an unusual appearance from traditional vinyl, rubber or silicone skirts and also gave the jig its namesake. Today, the original lure developed
