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I was taught by my buddy that took me to Bennett for the first time on nothing but the fly rod, and if we go into the outfall from the hatchery we can literally catch fish in there until we get bored and move out to the channel instead to have to work harder for them.
Out in the channel, all I've ever really used, or caught anything on is just simple fuzzballs. White, tri-color, or yellow, I (like I was taught by my buddy once again) is put on a float, suspend the fuzzball a few (or more if it is deeper) feet down and let it go with the current. He has a lot more luck with this, but I've caught a handful this way.
When you are using the white jig, are you pretty much doing the same thing? Letting it drift with the current? I run into trouble seeing the difference in a fish testing it out to see it is wants to take it, and the fuzzball hitting the bottom or rocks and pulling down the float. I like catching them out there, because it is more of a fight instead of just holding them where they bite in the outfall and netting them without really playing them in, but I've yet to get consistent enough with it to resist the constant action I get otherwise.
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