Does anyone have any weed guards for crappie jigs made by Eagle Claw called Stick Guards that they would sale?I haven't been able to find them around OKC.
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Does anyone have any weed guards for crappie jigs made by Eagle Claw called Stick Guards that they would sale?I haven't been able to find them around OKC.
Call Wade at grizzly jig.
Ok thanks
Grizzly jig carries them for sure.
Papa .... didn't Swollencrappie make good on his offer to send you several pks (last month)??
Personally, I don't like them. I tried them & found they didn't seem to last more than a couple of fish, before they were torn so badly that they couldn't continue to be used. Plus the fact that they tended to "sag" between the jig eye & hook point when being dragged over a limb, causing them to be virtually useless as a "snagless" guard.
Since those days, I've gone to using custom made weedless jigheads ... and I haven't looked back !!
He is suppose to be sending me some today! I am going to try them and see if they will work for now! Eventually I will probably go with something different Thanks for info!
I know Bass Pro shops carry some guards. I have never used them but I did not to crappie seminar in which one of the pro anglers swore by them.
Crappie Pappy- I'd like more information on your custom weed guards. Can you point me to a link, or PM some info?Quote:
Originally Posted by CrappiePappy
Thanks.
Hanr3
It's no big secret, Hanr3 ... I have my 1/32 & 1/16oz weedless jigs made by Grousefly. I have them made with a #2 Aberdeen hook & with both the fiber brush style guard and the Y shaped guard (which is my favorite). They look like this :Quote:
Originally Posted by Hanr3
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42...y/jigheads.jpg
Except the latest batch I ordered had the clear Y-guard, and not the black one like in the picture.
You can see the Y-guard jighead better in this picture (top right of center) of the different variations of weedless jigheads that Grousefly makes.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42...ps5e7a635e.jpg
Thanks. I like that Y-guard. Looks pretty stout and effective.
It has been for me. Prior to finding some locally, I was in the camp of "weedless jigs = missed fish" and was not a fan of the fiber brush style from way back. When I did find the Y-guard jigheads and started using them, I was surprised at their effectiveness. That led to me also giving the fiber brush style a reasonable chance to prove themselves. And they have ... but, I still prefer using the Y-guard style, as I was successfully using them for many years before joining this site and getting Grousefly to replicate them for me. (as well as customizing them with different colors of guard & larger hooks than the originals)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hanr3
I too am not a fan of the fiber brush style weedless jigs. They seemed too stiff for me, or rather too stiff to set-the-hook in crappie. My solutions was to use light wire hooks and mono line strong enough to straighten out the hook. I have found anything like those locally.
The fiber brush style weedguard & the plastic Y-guard are fairly equal in stiffness ... but, neither one is too stiff to stop the hook from penetrating a fish's mouth. Just ask the nearly 3lb Crappie I'm holding in my avatar picture ... caught with a 1/16oz fiber brush guard style weedless jig & 4lb test mono, using a 5' UL rod.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hanr3
Here's another pic, and if you look closely you can see the fiber brush guard sticking out just above the fish's upper lip (against the black background of my jacket - in either pic).
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And another pic from a different angle :
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The pics are a bit old (2007) so I was probably using one of Grousefly's 1/16oz weedless jigs with a #4 bronze Aberdeen hook (which is what I started with). I only changed hook size when I started using plastic baits longer/bigger than the 1.5" long Panfish Assassin.
Nice catch!
We don't have 3lb Crappie in my neck of the woods. Wishing we did.
Just so you know ... that Crappie (pictured) was caught in E Tenn. My "local" lakes may have fish of that size, but I've just not come across many of them in my 50+ years of pursuing them in those waters.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hanr3