Has anyone used a single strand of heavy mono poured into a jig head to make it weedless?
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Has anyone used a single strand of heavy mono poured into a jig head to make it weedless?
It’s standard in fly tying, particularly for big flies like bass bugs and saltwater flies.
Double mono weedguard works very well. Got to tie the jig to put it on. Attachment 380739
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Richard Gene has a you tube video on a simple effective 30 lb mono guard.
Like most things he does it is simple and works without costing much.
Man that's a lot of work for a soft plastic jig, not sure I wouldn't just prefer to loose a few if I jump on some soft plastic jigs to fish. I have a lot of soft plastic, just don't use it or have not in a long time. However I am planning on using more as time moves on using both them and my hand ties.
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I do that for my hand tie jigs now. Has saved many of them when casting and dragging through structure. I can tell a difference and it does work.
Thank you dave for the post that's a cool ideal we do use super glue on our plastics from keep them sliding back on a regular barbed jighead.
Richard Genes methods works very well and doesn't take long to make them up once you get going.
Probably can crank them out pretty quick in a vise I would think
I use 60 lb. mono for my weed guards poured into the lead head. 40 just seems like it wouldn’t be quite stiff enough to me. The 60 isn’t very stiff.
They are very easy to do, with a vise & quick. I do not mind losing a few jigs, "BUT" - I do mind hanging up in a tree or other structure and running all the fish away, when you pull and shake the limbs, ETC. Live Scope will show you how they disperse quickly.
They make cheap weed eater line. I dislike weed guards but make some for my family. The weed guard material is stiff so go as light as you can. Hey dental sized rubber bands work well too. Put over the jig head then stretch around and hook behind the bard. Not perfect but fairly effective. You wont catch soft biters though, the fish need to be aggressive.