Trying to figure out which rod/reel combo's I wanted to make for each lure this year and was wondering which bite overall you thought was harder to detect, and needed that sensitive rod tip to help you out.

I know sometimes fish will slam both of them, but overall which bite is harder to detect you think?

If it were me I would choose a more sensitive rod for the jig. Both are very close as far as the feel of the bite goes but I think I feel more bites on the worm than the jig. Sometimes they will just swim off with the jig and you don't feel a bite. Again it can be the same for the worm but I think it happens more so with the jig than the worm. Sometimes the jig will just feel heavy.
What combos are you trying to decide from?

I don't know if there is a differiance. But I usually have less times with slack line with a jig because 99 percent of the time it's 3/4s of an ounce or more.

+1 on what ezbassin said. To me the jig bite takes more time to figure out, it can be just a mushy feeling, heavy, they swim off with it or sometimes they just kill it! I think the saying "hook-sets are free" came from jig fishing.

I don't know if there is a differiance. But I usually have less times with slack line with a jig because 99 percent of the time it's 3/4s of an ounce or more.

Jig !!

Are the rods the same action? I like my t-rig rod to be more sensitive because I am usually throwing a trig in something and I have to be able to get on them before they get too tangled up. My jig bites are usually in relatively open water, feel pressure, SET THE HOOK!

There are alot of variables to consider wind, weight, pressure on the fishery, rod action, line size, etc.
I try to really concentrate on the line movement just as much as the bite itself.

But overall for me smaller plastics Texas rigged would be my hardest to detect. And I think that happens because they seem to inhale them deeper on the initial bite and just hold it.

I have a couple of suggestions for you. Powell 704 or a Dobyns 705. These are the two that I use most for pitching jigs. If you like longer rods go with a 734 and 735. Both have plenty of backbone and both have good tip action to aid in pitching. I have a Dobyns 736 which is fairly stout and I use it for throwing 3/4oz foot ball jigs.
Whatever reel you choose can be the same for the jig and the tx. rig, it won't make any difference. The 704 or the 734 would be good worm rods also.

If you like brands other than the two I suggested I would stick with a 7ft or longer m/h rod with a fast tip.
I don't like a 7-6 for pitching. For me that one is too long and I feel it is better for flipping a bait instead of pitching.

IMO jig is more subtle. My experience with a jig are that the fish will HAMMER it about 30% of the time, and the rest of the bites I just get a slack line or it just feels heavy.

A jig bite is harder to detect when the water is cold/cool. The fish will not bite as hard as they will on soft plastic. This is why you have to watch your line for movement.

I agree that a jig bite, shallow or deep, can be the most subtle bite ever, and the hardest to catch up to when they're swimmin' at ya'. If you feel a jig bite, then you're late!

jig

nicely put..

I think most of the time jig bites are more subtle is because the fish hits them on the initial drop. If you are not paying attention, you lift up and it is just heavy or swimming off.

Lot of good rods out there. I like Loomis but I am spoiled. I like a high speed reel for jigs & soft plastics because many times you are having to reel up slack line before you set the hook.