History of the Ned Rig

[Cgolf]

Many know this, and many can learn from it It is a great read!

 

https://www.in-fisherman.com/editorial/history-of-midwest-finesse-fishing-and-the-socalled-ned-rig/375073

[Fishin Dad]

1 hour ago, cgolf said:

Many know this, and many can learn from it It is a great read!

 

https://www.in-fisherman.com/editorial/history-of-midwest-finesse-fishing-and-the-socalled-ned-rig/375073

Very interesting read.   We sure owe a lot to the legends of fishing who selflessly experimented and shared ideas for the love of fishing.  What a great group of guys.  Thanks for sharing!!

[Chowderhead]

Thanks for sharing the link - it was very informative. Ned sure likes to use the term “piscatorial”. 

[Will Wetline]

In the words of Mr. Ned Kehde:

 

 

 

[herder]

That was a great read, I love the history and were indebted to Ned for documenting all this before it is lost.

Here's a blurb from In-Fisherman from the October\November 2007 issue that might be interesting to you all.
 

[Bluebasser86]

On 4/15/2020 at 10:17 PM, Chowderhead said:

Thanks for sharing the link - it was very informative. Ned sure likes to use the term “piscatorial”. 

He has a lot of what we call "Nedisms". He's a very intelligent person, and his writing and speaking reflects it, but he has certain words he likes to sprinkle in frequently. His Midwest Finesse blog is "laden" <Nedism> with them.

[TnRiver46]

Much ado over a little worm on a jig head 

[frogflogger]

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

Much ado over a little worm on a jig head 

True but the devil is in the details. Always called it the little rig but Ned rig is a good moniker. Elaztec has changed the deal. Never cared to push one product over another but the elaztec stuff is a huge game changer for this technique that I have been using for over 50yrs.

[TnRiver46]

On 4/18/2020 at 9:45 AM, frogflogger said:

True but the devil is in the details. Always called it the little rig but Ned rig is a good moniker. Elaztec has changed the deal. Never cared to push one product over another but the elaztec stuff is a huge game changer for this technique that I have been using for over 50yrs.

For durability or buoyancy? I have lots of hand poured very soft baits that float like a cork 

[EWREX]

17 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

For durability or buoyancy? I have lots of hand poured very soft baits that float like a cork 

if i can catch 15-20 fish on a single bait, the presentation is obviously working and the durability is unmatched. i'll take that any day of the week!

[Cgolf]

57 minutes ago, EWREX said:

if i can catch 15-20 fish on a single bait, the presentation is obviously working and the durability is unmatched. i'll take that any day of the week!

I honestly would only care if I could throw all my plastics together. Since Ned baits are cheap I am not too worried about using up some standard plastics. I have been know to stretch the Menace grub for probably a 15 fish per bait average. So I might be easy on baits or deal with lazy fish lol.

 

The Zinkerz though is the bait I do use if I through Zman. IMO it has more movement than the TRD.

 

I guess to someone on a budget how many fish per bait could matter, but too many of us are on good terms with the bait monkey;)

[TnRiver46]

3 hours ago, cgolf said:

I honestly would only care if I could throw all my plastics together. Since Ned baits are cheap I am not too worried about using up some standard plastics. I have been know to stretch the Menace grub for probably a 15 fish per bait average. So I might be easy on baits or deal with lazy fish lol.

 

The Zinkerz though is the bait I do use if I through Zman. IMO it has more movement than the TRD.

 

I guess to someone on a budget how many fish per bait could matter, but too many of us are on good terms with the bait monkey;)

TRD is not cheap by my standards, in fact I would imagine it’s the most expensive worm I’ve ever seen for its size 

4 hours ago, EWREX said:

if i can catch 15-20 fish on a single bait, the presentation is obviously working and the durability is unmatched. i'll take that any day of the week!

I caught 30 white bass on the same curly tail grub last night, all big and aggressive. That’s why I was asking about them, my smallmouth waters are typically jagged rocks cliffs with crazy current and im usually going to break off before a soft bait ever wears out when targeting brown bass. I fish tubes a whole bunch similar to what ned describes in the video above but they are some hanging up sons of guns. I’m always stocked with 2-3 bags of strike king bitsy tubes when fishing smallmouth 

[frogflogger]

20 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

For durability or buoyancy? I have lots of hand poured very soft baits that float like a cork 

It floats and the more fish it catches the better it gets. Many baits have caught over a 100 fish and are still usable.