Go with what Travis is saying. Also, Scott Green at Outdoor Pro LOVES jigs and can give you some solid advice.

Somethings that have also been mentioned are crawling vs. hopping. Most people will tell you crawling will catch bigger but less fish. Hopping will catch more but smaller. To some point this is true and consistently I would say right.

You do have to let the fish tell you what they want but don't rule out ANYTHING. Many of these guys on this board can tell you about the times they were somewhat done with the retrieve then started to crank the jig in and BAM! :o Fish on! During one tournament at Sonoma I already had a good sack and this one tree had been pounded about 20 times during the day but very few fish caught off it. I threw my jig in, crawled it around then started to retrive my jig slowly back (being that I was a little tired). I started to see my jig then a big black shape following it :o Had about four feet of line out, dropped my jig down and BAM! 4 1/2 lber to round out my day! :7

Moral of the story, always be paying attention, try different things and NEVER give up!

Oh, one last piece of advice, WATCH YOUR LINE. Depending on the time of year, I would say nearly 50% of the time I never feel the strike (this while fishing with braid). Remember this with both casting and flippin.

Hope this helps!

Todd