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And I don't mean the trees overhead lol.
I tie allot of my own jigs and also use standard plastics. But what jighead is a good one I can cast right into fallen trees and pull crappie out without getting hung up?
Not shallow but deeper water like 10-15ft deep.
fle-fly and others have them but what I did was take a triangle file and made gruve from the eye hole twards the hook point doesent have to be deep or wide. I use a piece of wire leader about 1 inch long. put it in when closing the mold to pour. I think i used 10 pound leader. its pretty weedless. also BPS has wires which has a circle on one end place it on top of hook eye, cut to length ( very tip of hook point) only draw back is if not useing it weedless is you have to trim that piece off that fills the slot you made
When casting jigs/plastics ... I always use weedless jigheads. I get mine custom made by one of the members here. I use 1/16oz ballhead with a #2 Aberdeen hook and either the traditional fiber "brush" style weedguard or (my favorite) the Y-guard style (a Y shaped plastic piece implanted into the lead head of the jig).
They look like this : (brush style is top center - Y guard is next to it on the right)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42...ps5e7a635e.jpg
(pictured are variations made by that member - Grousefly)
There's several alternatives. Weedless jig heads where the weed-guard is built into the head of the jig; soft plastic weed guards slid over the hook; rigging your plastic jig for weedless fishing with no weed-guard. I typically use weedless jig heads without any problems.
I did some reading.
I think I may go with slider grubs with sliders heads rigged weedless.
I should be able toss these in there n haul em out.
Thanks guys and thanks for the pics pappy. Appreciate it!
One main reason was not just to keep from loosing jigs. But last nite was on some trees. N was catching fish. Well I got caught twice right after another n I know I was moving them branches around down under there.
The bite really slowed n they stopped after that. I think I spooked em.
Nice jigs CP. I don't use weedless. The way I see it is that in 10,000 years from now when aliens inhabit Earth, they will be exploring the Tn river and find my jigs and think them to be an extinct species and name them Cane Pole Magnificus. Sounds good.
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I been looking for some jigs that won't hang up for 50 yrs.White Flag Icon[QUOTE=Smoltz;3413651]And I don't mean the trees overhead lol.
I tie allot of my own jigs and also use standard plastics. But what jighead is a good one I can cast right into fallen trees and pull crappie out without getting hung up?
Not shallow but deeper water like 10
I get mine from Wally world and do fine. I have used the slider grub and like them but the Arkie weedless jig heads does good for me
I use the toothbrush style and trim them a bit, parallel with the hook shank, and do very well. I used a lot of 1/4oz on braid along river channel trees and only lost a jig when it got wedged or wrapped in other lines. The thump with a jig that big will have you losing sleep dreaming of the trip.
Tom, How about naming them "Cane Pole Magnificus MAXIMUS"
I would definitely go with the sliders and the weed less jig heads for them! I've been pulling fish out of brush with these for years now! I'll also just rig my plastic weed less on whatever I'm using at the time I pass a tree top and that works too........ never get mad about getting hung up on brush! That's where the fish are....
For me, a CB slider head with his grub, BGBS, Stinger Shad, Crappie Kicker, Muddy Water, or 2" curly tail all rigged weedless. Sometimes will take a tube and rig it Texas-style on a regular jig head when in thicker stuff. The CB Slider head I use everywhere, cover or not. I've never added fixed weed-guard jigs to the arsenal, not oppossed to them, just went this way instead.