McIntosh couple of hours

I spent a couple of hours at lake McIntosh this morning, fishing and trying out different things .
One was , I was using my 5’6” St. Croix Triumph ULF , paired with a Daiwa Fuego LT 1000d spooled with 2# P-line Cxxx moss green polymer line .
I’ve used this before I went to Floroclear . The line is super thin , but it’s not as strong as the Floroclear 2# . Also it tends to kink .
I’ll be going back to the Floroclear.
Next I tried using a small ball bearing swivel above my micro spinner in place of a tiny barrel swivel .
This worked pretty good , adding a few more feet of casting to the micro spinner. I don’t think the slight increase in swivel size is going to bother the fish .
The other thing I tried was a piece of the tail section of a plastic worm I found , where someone had tossed it on the dock when heading home .
I’d given thought to doing this but , hadn’t gotten around to it yet.
Putting it a 1/32 ball jig , made a micro Ned rig .
On about my fourth cast , I caught a nice UL bass to end up the morning.
Before the bass , I’d only caught a small gill on the micro spinner , and a couple of Warmouth and a small gill on Trout Magnets .
I also spent some time messing with my iPhone taking pics using a filter I ordered vs using my sunglasses as a filter .
Pics below .

Underwater pics

Good job. I like the second pic with filter the best. Which filter is which?

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Originally Posted by SuperDave336

Good job. I like the second pic with filter the best. Which filter is which?

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Top is sunglasses , next is filter , then plain phone

Interesting. Nice catches

Nice pics, and the bass is just the right size to be a good fight. That’s kinda what I think those bodies from mule tackle act like is a tiny Ned rig, standing up off the bottom. Opened my eyes. Need to try it with bigger gear for bigger fish.

Well call me stupid. But I just recently after all these years learned the term "Ned rig". But I don't get the need for any special name. It looks to me like a simple jig head with a plastic body strung on it. It is the way I have always fished a jig with plastic body. I have been fishing jigs with a plastic body set up like that forever in all sizes. Why the name?

Pretty fish….good deal on testing the filters. Going to put a polar filter on GoPro and try to get video of trout in the clear waters of the Little Red.

Regards


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Originally Posted by UpstateSC_Bill

Well call me stupid. But I just recently after all these years learned the term "Ned rig". But I don't get the need for any special name. It looks to me like a simple jig head with a plastic body strung on it. It is the way I have always fished a jig with plastic body. I have been fishing jigs with a plastic body set up like that forever in all sizes. Why the name?

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It’s been around for a very long time….I think since the 50’s maybe. Here is a little about it from LureNet.

Regards

The Ned rig is a finesse fishing technique that involves using small plastic worms, craws, or creatures paired with a light mushroom style head so it can easily float off the bottom. This rig was originally created by outdoor writer Ned Kehde and popularized in the Midwest – so the name Ned rig stuck because of him!

looks like a fun day:ThumbsUp and also prefer the second picture with the filter:check

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Originally Posted by Alphahawk

It’s been around for a very long time….I think since the 50’s maybe. Here is a little about it from LureNet.

Regards

The Ned rig is a finesse fishing technique that involves using small plastic worms, craws, or creatures paired with a light mushroom style head so it can easily float off the bottom. This rig was originally created by outdoor writer Ned Kehde and popularized in the Midwest – so the name Ned rig stuck because of him!

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Thank you. When I first heard the term used I looked it up to see what was meant by it. I guess I just don't see the uniqueness of the "technique". I grew up fishing for trout in the northeast. When I wasn't fly fishing I was using an ultralight rod with tiny lures and various small jigs with plastic bodies. A lot of other guys used similar tackle. I just don't see anything special or unique about it. It is just a jig head with a plastic body set up so the plastic travels tail up. Kudos to Ned for making it popular in the Midwest. Maybe it's just an old guy thing that makes me scratch my head.

Nice! Thanks for sharing

Nice fish.

Nice catches !

I never knew the history of it til now. The buoyant plastics of today make this easier to perfect the presentation. The Mule bodies I’ve been using are really tiny Ned rigs and the fish are liking them. Opened up some new thoughts in my set in my ways head on what to pursue with bigger versions than I’m used to. In the 80’s I thought that a 1/32 bullet weight and a Manns jelly worm was as good as it got. We’ve come a ways since.

Thanks for the take along. Nice setups to fish!
Bob

The mushroom style head is key to the ned rig, different than a ball head. The mushroom head rigged with plastic when it hits bottom the hook and bait will sit vertically and dragged on the bottom mimics a baitfish feeding on the bottom. I have the mold and it will take a soft plastic keeper to hold the plastic. I've also tied some hair jigs with these heads. I like it but don't use it much.

I guess my use of a discarded worm on a jighead wasn’t really a Ned rig .
I was just recycling somebody’s litter .
I didn’t want my jig to sit on the moss covered bottom. I used a steady twitching retrieve like I would a Trout Magnet .
I wanted it to represent a fleeing crawfish or minnow .
It worked .

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Originally Posted by gillchaser999

I guess my use of a discarded worm on a jighead wasn’t really a Ned rig .
I was just recycling somebody’s litter .
I didn’t want my jig to sit on the moss covered bottom. I used a steady twitching retrieve like I would a Trout Magnet .
I wanted it to represent a fleeing crawfish or minnow .
It worked .

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I think maybe the definition of a Ned rig may have evolved over the years. When searching for info on the term pictures are shown with jig heads from a plain ball head to various other shapes and some with an additional wire under the jig head. All sorts of different plastics being used. I guess if they need a name for a way to use a jig and plastic body it is as good as any.