The Original BiCO Jig is a 3/8 ounce lead-free jig with a 5/0 Owner deep-throat, wide-gap hook. It’s designed to be a versatile bass jig, ideal for targeting shallow cover like skipping under trees and docks, and/or being fished as a swim jig.
It was designed and perfected more than twenty-five years ago. It’s the original jig that Bill started making and now the flagship jig of the BiCO Performance Jigs brand. That’s why we call it “The Original”.
One of the features that sets the Original apart from most other arkie jigs is the unique hook design and how it relates with the weedguard. It’s alignment allows for a stiffer, more elongated weedguard without compromising hooksets. This makes the Original BiCO Jig the most weedless jig you’ll ever fish.
The sharp-angle bend of the hook also keeps trailers from sliding down the shank. Plastics will stay in place naturally when sitting snug against the bend. This makes trailers last longer with minimal tearing that wire keepers can cause to occur.
The jig also features a flattened head, which offers particular benefits. For one, it makes it skip on the surface better than conventional jigs. The heads are made lead-free in order to increase size without adding extra weight. This gives the flat side of the jig a wider surface area that allows it to skip exceptionally well.
The jigs lead-free composition also makes it environmentally safe, and legal to use in states that ban lead tackle.
In addition, its flathead design allows jig-and-trailer presentations to stand upright when in contact with the bottom. When at rest, the tail-end of the trailer will point upward, giving the profile an appealing, lifelike presentation.
Check out this underwater video to see it in action.
Being built for versatility, it performs equally as well as a swim jig. The jigs head is tapered, which allows it to slip quietly through all types of aquatic vegetation. That, in conjunction with the stiff fiber weedguard, makes the Original BiCO Jig remarkably snag resistant when swimming it.
The jigs comes in fourteen different color combinations to cover the spectrum of fishing conditions. The heads are painted with a very durable, high-gloss finish that will not peel off in chunks like most jigs. They are paired with tough, highly detailed silicone skirts that are secured with a thick rubber band.
As always, the jigs are made in the USA, personally assembled by Bill to ensure the same level of quality he requires for himself.
