The Ned Rig Resource

[Bluebasser86]

On 2/3/2019 at 10:51 PM, txchaser said:

After a bit of reading it seems like Ned and the infish crew have moved to red or chartreuse heads. Trip reports almost always have red/chart, occassionaly blue on a black/blue bait.

 

I'm baffled that most of what I see in pictures are GP or black, and other colors are scarce. Am I missing something, or that just didn't translate into wide adoption? Or just one of those 'it worked one day so they keep doing it but no one really knows if it makes a difference' things?

 

My main colors I use are red, chartreuse, candy purple, and pink. Those are also the main colors I sell every year in Ned rig heads. I think a lot of it is the same issue a lot of bass guys have with Midwest Finesse in general where they're almost scared to use the bright colors and the light weight with the little hook because a guy can't possibly outsmart a wary bass with anything but the most natural looking colors. 

[Jig Man]

I use several colors on mine.  It is done for size so I can reach in the box and be sure I am picking up the weight that I want.  Mine go brown, green, red, yellow from smallest to largest though I find that 1/16 and 3/32 are the most common sizes that I use and rarely go over 1/8 (red).

[fishwizzard]

11 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

 I think a lot of it is the same issue a lot of bass guys have with Midwest Finesse in general where they're almost scared to use the bright colors and the light weight with the little hook because a guy can't possibly outsmart a wary bass with anything but the most natural looking colors. 

I 100% believe this is true.  When I go a few weeks without fishing a Ned that #2 hook always looks a lot smaller then I remember and sometimes I hard to believe I can catch the same fish on it and a 5/0 XXX shank jig hook.  

 

I prefer bright colors, mostly Red and Chart.  Disregarding what the bass think of them, I find a bright head really helpful in guiding the lure around snaggy cover and guiding it where I want it in general.  I am also often surprised at how many hits I detect by suddenly seeing my jig-head vanish. For river fishing it seems like the smallies swim at me fairly often after biting and the bright head vanishing often comes a second or so before I feel any pressure on the line or even see it move unnaturally.