Texas rig: pegged or free weight

[Bluebasser86]

I usually peg mine. 

[OkobojiEagle]

On 10/21/2021 at 10:50 AM, WRB said:

Texas Rig free sliding bullet weight, Florida rig is a pegged bullet weight. 

Tom

Give me the name for an off-set shank, wide gap jig head.

 

oe

[CrashVector]

2 hours ago, OkobojiEagle said:

Give me the name for an off-set shank, wide gap jig head.

 

oe

  Owner makes one.

[OkobojiEagle]

Yes, I have several brands... I want Tom to put a name to the technique/tackle to differentiate it from Texas rig and Florida rig.

 

oe

[J Francho]

It already has a name. It's a jig. There are dozens of styles. 

[WRB]

4 hours ago, OkobojiEagle said:

Give me the name for an off-set shank, wide gap jig head.

 

oe

Sled Head jig.

Tom

[OkobojiEagle]

I was looking for a more generic label that would encompass Brewer jigs, Title Shot jigs, Owner Sled Head, ect.  I guess "off-set jig head is as generic as any...

 

oe

[J Francho]

A "rig" suggests rigging, as in several components.  A jig is self contained, and doesn't require any rigging.  That's how I think of it.  It's a jig, or a weighted hook.  There's so many styles it always pays to mention exactly the jig you're using, even if means referring to the product itself, just like hooks.

[ajschn06]

2 hours ago, OkobojiEagle said:

Yes, I have several brands... I want Tom to put a name to the technique/tackle to differentiate it from Texas rig and Florida rig.

 

oe

I've never been a fan of the traditional Texas Rig (Tom can "well actually" us all he wants, it's still a T-Rig) I much prefer a fixed jighead in the style you talk about.  What heads do you use?

[OkobojiEagle]

8 hours ago, ajschn06 said:

  What heads do you use?

Varieties from Charlie Brewer, Title Shot and weighted shank hooks from Owner and a private source.

 

oe

[Mr. Aquarium]

Good question. If you don’t peg it, weight will sink down then the bait will slowly fall. So that could trigger a bite if they wanted a slower falling bait. 
 A peg would be good for cover and a fast fall

[Choporoz]

The most interesting thing for me from this thread is not the answers, but the ongoing, unanswerable argument, itself.  Did a search on "pegged unpegged" and found dozens of threads and hundreds of posts, and none of them are definitive enough to me to suggest that there is a right answer.  But, I also looked for good underwater footage of them side by side and haven't found it....someone needs to do this for us...TIA.  ?

[ironbjorn]

Watch the action of your T-Rig in the clear shallows pegged vs unpegged and tell me why you would ever peg if you don't need to 

[J Francho]

37 minutes ago, ironbjorn said:

Watch the action of your T-Rig in the clear shallows pegged vs unpegged and tell me why you would ever peg if you don't need to 

Exactly, and my experience has been that unless you are punching with a really heavy weight - essentially dropping the bait in front of them - the natural action of unpegged gets bit more often.  I sometimes wonder if the "use the tiniest weight you can" crowd are also peggers.  I don't have too many weights less than 3/8 oz.

[OkobojiEagle]

I'm partial to red heads...

 

oe

[J Francho]

Who isn't?

[tander]

I can't remember the last time I pegged a soft plastic.

[Chris Catignani]

Mostly unpegged...I have on occasion pegged a slip sinker up the line...ala Carolina type rig.