Anyonetry the "Chicken Rig"?

[StinkyBass]

I've been looking for "the next presentation" for my upcoming tournament. I saw some online chatter about Gary Yamamoto's "Chicken Rig". I was thinking about trying this presentation a few weeks prior to tournament day. Anyone try this presentation? It involves a Yami cut tail and some pin weights you push into the worm. Thoughts? Opinions? Retrieve techniques? Pictures?

Thanks

[sully420]

Why are you interested in using this technique? Do you think it's going to get more bites do you think it's going to help your hook up ratio is it key to getting in and out of the cover you're trying to fish?

[StinkyBass]

Honestly I think the bass in my area have never seen it. I did a cursory search on the forums for the "chicken rig" and didn't see anythin., thought I'd see if anyone has tried it. I try to learn (and get good at) a new presentation at least once a year (or so). Looks like it could be a good technique...could be a fail. it definitely looks like a lot of trouble to rig though.

[lo n slo]

........aint but one way to find out. 

[fishballer06]

I've been fishing the Neko rig a bunch this year and it has produced. The chicken rig is nearly the same other than how the hook is setup. I see no reason why it wouldn't work. 

[d-camarena]

Its basically a weedles neko no?

Should work, probably needs a strong hookset. Also looks like you will lose the worm after 1 fish

[basscrusher]

I tried it last summer and had trouble keeping the hook in place.  The Yamamoto plastic was too soft for the worm to stay hooked properly after the stress that casting put on the bait (the weight at the end adds to the strain on the bait).  Zero fish because I got tired of re-hooking the bait after every second or third cast.  So here's my analysis in 3 points:  1)  it should work if you can get past the problems I had.  2)  I really have no use for it since it isn't different enough from a Neko rig to deal with the hassle.  3)  I honestly think it's just Gary Y's own personal version of a Neko rig, and he touts it to sell the "brand".  I'm not knocking it (or his baits) since the Kut-tail is one of my go-to baits for multiple rigs, but I truly do not see any real, fundamental difference from a Neko rig (which works and is less hassle).

 

Having said that, please experiment with it and share your findings.  I'd love to know if I was doing something wrong.

[Big Swimbait]

On 7/25/2017 at 10:11 AM, basscrusher said:

I tried it last summer and had trouble keeping the hook in place.  The Yamamoto plastic was too soft for the worm to stay hooked properly after the stress that casting put on the bait (the weight at the end adds to the strain on the bait).  Zero fish because I got tired of re-hooking the bait after every second or third cast.  So here's my analysis in 3 points:  1)  it should work if you can get past the problems I had.  2)  I really have no use for it since it isn't different enough from a Neko rig to deal with the hassle.  3)  I honestly think it's just Gary Y's own personal version of a Neko rig, and he touts it to sell the "brand".  I'm not knocking it (or his baits) since the Kut-tail is one of my go-to baits for multiple rigs, but I truly do not see any real, fundamental difference from a Neko rig (which works and is less hassle).

 

Having said that, please experiment with it and share your findings.  I'd love to know if I was doing something wrong.

Take a short piece of 40# mono from the WM bargain bin & after rigging, thread it through the hook eye. You can squeeze the worm to figure out where it is after rigging. Trim it flush on both sides of the worm. It stopped the problem on this rig for me.