Thread: Post Front Thumpin

Originally Posted by Buckrub

Here we go. Segue to knot tying....

Old man once told me that if the jig didn't hang down parallel to the ground with line held straight up/down, it wasn't 'right'. That's 100% of the knowledge I have about jigs, btw. But it would seem that the jig couldn't hang that way with that knot. Does it?

It hangs at an angle. Thats the point of the loop knot, it lets it hang free instead of holding it out perpendicular to the line.

I've always heard the same thing, that the jig should hang horizontally. But Chris catches more fish than I do, so maybe that's a bunch of baloney. I'm gonna start hanging em straight up and down.

With a loop knot the jig will hang rite when u put it in the water!

Originally Posted by Cmj

It hangs at an angle. Thats the point of the loop knot, it lets it hang free instead of holding it out perpendicular to the line.

More action too, when it's on a loop knot. Not so with a cinch knot.

I guess I am gonna go against the grain and LR y'all in. I use a uni knot which always tightens. I have used a loop knot occasionally but could never tell a difference. I catch way more than my share of fish so use whatever you have confidence using. Too each there own.

Originally Posted by arkansasbowhunter

I guess I am gonna go against the grain and LR y'all in. I use a uni knot which always tightens. I have used a loop knot occasionally but could never tell a difference. I catch way more than my share of fish so use whatever you have confidence using. Too each there own.

I like it for vertical jigging because it lets it hang free and gives the jig better action. When you twitch your rod, the jig dives head first instead of falling flat and comes back up the same, more lifelike. Also helps with hookset if you use jigs with bigger hooks, I wouldnt recommend it for jigs with smaller hooks because the hook turns down slightly on a hard hookset. For the bigger hooks, it gives it the perfect angle to really sink it into the roof of the fish's mouth. This is just my opinion of course, whatever that's worth.