Checking is a technique which has always been legal on leg tapo, but it's only really been in the last decade that people have realised how effective it can be and it has really taken off. It's a fun technique, it's great for kids and works really well during the summer when other techniques such as trawling get tough. Because jigging targets fish deep in the leg, you also don't have to drop early, but you can instead catch fish throughout the day jigging which makes it ideal for families. You don't need the expensive gear either as it can be just as effective from a dinghy or a kayak as it is from a larger boat. Okay, I've got a 5 and a half feet rod. You can use sort of 6-7 feet rod, but just a basic spinning rod really. Nice and light, 2 to 4 kilos gives you plenty of feel. A simple bit cast and real fitted with breed. I've got some different coloured breed which changes colour every 5 meters, but that's not necessary. But a 10 pound breed loaded on their level wane keeps it all nice and tidy. On to there, I've got a quite a long trace, probably about 3 meters long with the three wee swivels and then coming off there I've got a really short dropper. Anyway, close to 100, 100 millimeters to about 150 and then I use smell imitation flies. Outside the bottom of the trace, I've got a 2-end sinker which is just clipped on here. I use 3 flies plus a sinker. You can't use 3 flies plus a jig, but the hook must be removed from the jig. I like using this, it doesn't get hooked too often and has nice contact when you're bouncing along the bottom. When I lift the rod, it's on the bottom. I'll fill the bottom all the time, I'll constantly and touch with the bottom, so whether I need to wane in or I need to drop down. I'm only lifting the rod slightly. Just giving it a slow jiggling action, not like jiggling in the sea where you're really lifting the flies. It's just a small lift, but I like to do it constantly. Other people leave it stationary and then give it a little bit of a lift to just to give the flies some action in the water. With the droppers being quite short, you don't need too much movement in the left to give the flies movement and that seems to be what attracts the trait to the fly. One of the keys with jigging is location and so if you find the right location, you'll probably find the fish and so you're looking for either structure or significant drop offs where you go from shallow to deep and you can drift along that edge so we fish lined up along that drop off. Probably the key depth will be 25 to about 40 meters that you will pick fish up in. The best time to jig is during summer when the lake is stratified where there's warm water on the top and cooler water beneath and there's a really productive layer in the food chain. At the thermal clean, the temperature changes by as much as 10 degrees over a short distance and that's where you'll find the beanfish, the smell, that's where you find the trait and that's what you want to be looking for on your sander and if you get those locations and correct then you'll be picking up fish.