JIG HEADS

[ProfessorM]

how do you feel about the jig that RONZ uses? Any advantage to the shape as it is a little different. They seem to hold the rubber reel well, but that could be that the rubber is designed to be held that way. It doesn't use a barb but a round type barb that goes all the way around the jig shank and seems to hold the rubber better being it is grabbing all the way around and not just one spot. I am in the process of making a mold and am looking for some input and really like the way it holds the rubber. I will probably go with the Mustad 34185D jig hook. I don't have any of Alans jigs so I may have to look at one of those too. I will probably only make one size jig so what would be your go to size? I am stuck between 3 and 4 oz.

[Little Round]

The jigs really depend on the rubber being used. Some of the softer rubber will tear almost every fish or at least messed with , some of the harder rubber will split with the barbed holders. It really is up to the user what combo they want. I have a brain storm for really the ultimate jig that would take alot of abuse as long as there are no yellow eyed devils. No slipping, no spliting, no glue. I know that earlier this season I rigged my rubber in a similar way and was able to get over 20 bass on a single rubber but on top. There was one rod that I had rigged that went something crazy like 3 charters/trips down the rips, bailing fish with the same rubber.