Texas Rigged Jigs!

[Catt]

It stared for me back in the 70s when I use to make lures, one night I decided to stuff a bullet weight into a rubber skirt. It was so difficult I gave up after only making a half a dozen. This little trick when paired with a craw worm won me many a tournament.

Scott's Marina on the Texas side of Toledo Bend is a one room building, a small wharf big enough for a couple jon boats, and a launch. Scott sold Community Coffee which is the #1 coffee of Cajuns and why I hung around. He had maybe a dozen packs of worms, 4-5 spinner baits & traps. On one particular morning I notice some new lures lying on the counter, I picked one up & the little card read "Big Red's Flying Jig". Inside was the lead head of a spinner bait, a skirt, & a 3/0 offset hook with a hitch hiher attached. I bought em all!

This was the perfect answer to putting a skirt on a bullet weight!

Later I found Barlow's Tackle sold just the weights and then Cyclone Lures made a Slip-n-Jig.

[Senko lover]

Good stuff Catt. What are the advantages of using this instead of a regular jig?

[Bluebasser86]

I'm excited to give these a try! I just started pouring and tying my own.

[WRB]

Also back in the 70's Bill Habbock made a skirted bullet weight with vynl skirt on a collared bullet weight he called a Bum that was used for a T- rig with Super Float worms and split the worm about 4" into 2 tails.

Tinkering around with bass lures is lots of fun and sometimes you stumble onto a " secret lure" of your own.

I remember my first T-rig, the Texas rig had have a red painted bullet weight to catch bass!

Tom

[HoosierHawgs]

Would these be the same as the SK Slither Rig? Sorry if that's a stupid question. I don't really fish with that type of bait for quick flips and pitches.

[Bluebasser86]

5 minutes ago, HoosierHawgs said:

Would these be the same as the SK Slither Rig? Sorry if that's a stupid question. I don't really fish with that type of bait for quick flips and pitches.

Yeah, same basic concept only lead instead of tungsten. 

[Scarborough817]

21 minutes ago, Senko lover said:

Good stuff Catt. What are the advantages of using this instead of a regular jig?

the ability to use whatever hook you want and to be able to tie a snell knot on that hook

[Catt]

For some anglers its how they can get a bullet weight through cover easier than a jig, a problem I don't have with jigs.

For me it's changing the profile of a t-rig, the added action of a skirt, & eliminates buying a skirt bead.

Like with a jig I use skirts with round strands, flat strands, fine cut strands, or wide cut strands.

I can't really explain its fish attracting abilities but what I do know is I've fished behind guys throwing t-rig & jigs and caught fish they missed.

Is it the bait? I don't know but it works which is all I care about!

WRB, it alway amazed me how someone on the west coast gets an idea while someone on the east coast has the same idea & someone on the third coast does the same!

For me it confirms, yea that'll work!

And yes you can get them in tungsten in weights from 1/4-1 1/2 oz

[WRB]

Catt, other than swimbaits most of today's bass rigging started in Texas or Arkansas the heartland of bass fishing! It's a tight community as you know,  news travels fast even back in the dark ages.

Mery Christmas all.

Tom