Tail up or down?

[billmac]

Just curious, when you rig a curly tail grub on a jig head, do you rig with the tail curled up, or down?  I always rig mine curled up.  I don't have a good reason for it, other than that it looks good to me.  I've noticed that when they are pre-rigged in the packaging, they are often pointed down.

[WRB]

Tail up gives a tighter wiggle, down more water resistance wider swimming action.

Tom

[scaleface]

I rig them tail down because its more fore-giving and tracks truer .

[Deleted account]

I almost always rig them tail up, no particular reason other than that's how I've always done it, and it works. I will say that when they are really biting, I will rig the same tail upside down when torn, and if they are really biting then on the right side, and then the left. Most things I've read suggest tail down.

[Mobasser]

Tail down. On some grubs, the tail can wrap around and hang up on the hook point, causing lost fish.

[MickD]

I rig tail down, not from personal experience, but a friend told me that it was the only way he got bites one day.  But having said that, I have not had much action on grubs in the last few years.

[Catt]

Bass don't care...Catt don't care!

[Mbirdsley]

Tail down.  I dunno it just looks better I guess.  I usually use them as trailers 

[Skunkmaster-k]

Tail up

[Finessegenics]

Tail down so the plastic doesn’t hook itself onto the hook point during the retrieve

[AManWearingAHat]

Tail to the side 

but actually, tail down.

[Spankey]

Have caught river smallies on many bait styles but Grubs have yielded many many fish over the years.  They may be overlooked these days. Have been on the lake more more the last handful of years and now use the larger Zoom Fat Albert grub. Produces well. 

[BlakeMolone]

Always tail up but I’m not sure why, after doing it so many years I can’t bring myself to even try it tail down. It just doesn’t look right ?

[schplurg]

Women, tail up. Grubs, tail down.

[Choporoz]

On 1/9/2022 at 6:40 PM, MickD said:

I rig tail down, not from personal experience, but a friend told me that it was the only way he got bites one day.  But having said that, I have not had much action on grubs in the last few years.

Same.  Unless it's a hula grub, I quot using them for LMB for lack of bites

[J Francho]

[MN Fisher]

Single tail - away from the hook.

Twin tail - off to the sides.

[steve-pierce]

Tail up because I heard someone on a fishing show say that years ago. 

 

I was in sportsmans warehouse Sunday.  They had some prerigged grub type musky lures. All of them were tail up

[scaleface]

I dont know why but I suck at rigging a piece of plastic on a jig straight . Usually I have to back it out and repeat ... Tail down is a little more forgiving .

[J Francho]

13 hours ago, steve-pierce said:

They had some prerigged grub type musky lures. All of them were tail up

They usually have treble hooks hanging from them.  The general advice is to rig away from the hooks to not foul the action.

[the reel ess]

If you want it to work well as topwater trailer, like with a Johnson spoon, rig it tail down. It will slap the surface. Otherwise, I doubt it matters. I see the pre-rigged Roadrunner is tail down.

[Bankc]

Any and all ways.  Sometimes I'll pay attention to it and have an idea for rigging it one way or the other.  Sometimes it's just a matter of how I grab it out of the box.  I don't think it much matters, to be honest.  

[Bankbeater]

Tail down.

[FishTank]

I've tried both and I don't think it matters.   But in my mind, I think that tail up looks correct