Quote Originally Posted by ad1974
Hi Guys....I was wondering what inside jigheads(size/brand)you use for inch and a half tubes,I bought sixteenth ounce heads with a size 4 hook to use with the Southern Pro tubes I have and I can't get them rigged without butchering the tube.Also do any of you rig your hollow body tubes with round heads pushing them up to the head like you would a grub?I'm new to this and any help would be great.
I don't use the "insert" style jigheads, but there are many mfg's that do make them ... and they should slip right into a tube body, with no "butchering". Insert style heads are designed to slide inside the tube, then just push the line eye thru the tube. Round heads would have to be mighty small (light weight) to not do damage to a 1.5" tube ... probably something in the 1/32 or 1/64oz range.
Personally, I don't see a need to "insert" the whole jighead into my tubes. I use several different style heads, and just thread the tubes (or grubs, etc) onto the hook. A touch of "superglue" between the lead and plastic ... and they don't slip down (and Sunfish can't "pull" them down, either) :p I, also, don't like having to remove the whole jig/plastic, to change colors or body versions, like you do with insert jigheads. That's one reason I use the "thread on" method, and the ball head or minnow head style jigheads. A 1.5" tube, of most any mfg, is going to be quite soft (and thin walled) ... so, even the tiny hole that you punch thru the tube, with the line eye, is only going to expand with use ... and more so, if you catch a fish. You "could" put a dab of "superglue", at the "hole" the line eye makes ... that "might" stop the tearing process.

You aren't trying to put a "weedless" insert jighead into these tubes ... are you ?? There's only one brand, I know of, that you could do so with ... and even they are tricky to deal with. They're called "Speed Loader" Crappie jigheads ... made by Oldham's Lures. ........... cp