Finesse Jigs are cover contact lures known for natural looking small light subtle pulse lure action with a slow fall rate that keeps the lure in the strike zone longer than most skirted jigs. Finesse Jigs are also known as the smallest skirted jigs with a front pointing skirt that keeps the soft plastic trailer and hook pointed up making it a good wood cover lure including brush and generally used to target any cover.

Anatomy: Finesse Jig lures are skirted lures with typically smaller and thinner skirt then other skirted lures and unique as the skirt is tied both in front of the jig head and behind the jig head. It has a strong weedguard typically with a ball head jig head but also available with a football head and swim head jig head. The skirt in front of the jig head helps keep the soft plastic trailer and the hook pointing up when on the bottom making it good for targeting cover. It typically has a smaller wire hook.

• Ball Head: [Figure 1] Common
• Football Head: [Figure 2 and 3] Common, some say to stay on the bottom better.
• Vertical Eye Tie: Some suggest a vertical jig head as with the eye tie in that location enables easier ripping off snagged grass but not in rocks as the jig head will get snagged between rocks. 

Variants & Other Names: 

• Small Skirted Jigs: Some manufactures and anglers call small jigs finesse jigs due to the style of fishing – finesse fishing – which some refer to when fishing small, light lures slowly often on a spinning rod.