Quote Originally Posted by Crappie 1 View Post
Looks real good...
It does look good doesn't it?

The added rubber legs do also. I don't normally fish my tubes with the head inside though, seldom retying unless I lose the jig. That would be an adjustment.

I can also see how jig inside can get deeper hooksets, which I try to avoid, since I plan to release everything, the whole thing being a fish target rather than having a distinct segment directing attention to the business end (the hook) .

To work the rubber legs would require retying to change tubes, which I do now without retying, using ball headed, tanged jigs with the hook inserted through the nose rather than doggy style, generally changing out until something clicks. Then I work a productive pattern over how ever many trips it continues to work, sometimes using the same tube for multiple trips (my trips are generally no more than a couple or three hours at a time, though).

If I can find the crappies on a decent bite, the tubes will last pretty well. They do not ruin a tube a fraction as quickly as sunnies do. If I am on crappies, a single tube may last me three or four trips spanning more than a week at times, since I leave my tackle rigged between trips.

I am going to have to think about this some, but I guess with the current cold snap I have some time to do just that. Always looking for another presentation that works. This one looks real promising.

I don't have that kind of jig head; so another excuse to get more tackle! Gotta love it!