jgannon

1) Black/blue 1/4 oz jig w/black Zoom chunk trailer. 2) 5" June bug Gulp! minnow worm. 3) 3 Sticks Dynamite w/waterproof fuses. 4) 3/8 White/Chartreuse Spinner Bait. 5) 4" black tube w/ 1/8 oz. tube weight 6) 6" black curly tail worm 7) 5" Gulp! watermelon Sinking Minnow 8) Rapala deep diver crankbait in Bluegill 9) Black 3/8 oz. buzzbait 10) 1/2 oz. blue/chrome Rat-L-Trap

" ...but on the pack it says just to bend the wire up and insert it into the tube first then use it to poke the hole where you'd like it to protrude. This may work but I know that some of you were using the nylon or fiber weed guard and not the wire type... " This seems to make sense, but when I "bend the wire up" it makes that much more distance between the top of the wire (which needs to poke through) and the bottom of the jig head (that needs to be inside), and the tubes just don't have enough give in them to fit. If I bend it way forwrd and insert, it breaks the guard off. I'll try the reverse entry from the top and see if that works for me. Can't see not needing glue, though, since I need to get the entire jig head through the tube, and not just the eye and wire. Thanks to everyone for replying.

Yea, I have tube jigs with weed guards - how the hell do stick them INSIDE the tube. If your reply is that you put them outside, or use a Texas rig ... yea, I know. Inside, with weedguard, hook exposed - looking for someone smarter than me.

I have really come to appreciate fishing with small to medium size tubes with a 1/8 - 3/8 tube jig inserted into the tube, with the hook exposed out of the top. My question is ... is there a way to rig a tube jig in the manner described that has the small wire weedguards to make the tube more weedless? I haven't figured out how to get the wires into the tube and out the top since they face the opposite way. If this is just impossible, then tips on how to make the tube weedless, by KEEPING THE JIG HEAD INSIDE, and THE HOOK EXPOSED is appreciated. Thanks.

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