Stormy, how old is your tree?
For a young tree prune in late winter, leaving 4 to 6 of the strongest branches growing from the main trunk(s) to be your fruiting wood, or main branches and prune away the rest. Be sure to stagger them around the trunk. Start pruning by removing any branches that are not growing out from your selected 4 to 6 main branches as well as any dead or diseased wood. If there are suckers growing from the base of the tree, these should be removed as well. Next, remove any secondary branches (branches that are growing off the main branches) that are growing at less than a 45 degree angle from the main branches. This step in pruning fig trees will remove any branches that may eventually grow too close to the main trunk and will not produce the best fruit. When all secondary branches have been removed, cut back the 4 to 6 main branches by 1/3 to 1/4. This helps the tree, while it's still young, to put more energy towards the fruit that will be produced next year, which makes for larger and sweeter fruit. This also helps to develop a strong root system in the young tree.
Once the tree has matured only remove weak, diseased or dead limbs each season, or ones that are growing in the wrong place (against other limbs, etc.).
Here is my Vern's Brown Turkey in 2004
Same tree in 2006, they grow quite fast. : )
Figs starting to ripen
