Hello friends, during the TW sale I decided to go ahead and buy my first A-rig, but being an idiot I didn't realize they don't come with the actual swim baits or jigheads. I couldn't find anything below 1/8oz for jigheads, and 3.5" is about as small of a swimbait as I could find locally as well. I have a few questions: 1.) Will five 1/8th oz + 3.5" rage swimmers on this "finesse" rig kill the whole point of it being a finesse rig? 2.) To the first point, can I just run the outside 4 swivels with baits, and leave the middle station open to save weight and bulk 3.) Thinking of mainly just trolling this thing in between spots for the most part, is that a bad plan? 4.) Finally, in the pics below, does this look like it's gonna be rigged right based on the one swimbait I've already put on it. This is craziest, and most silly looking thing I've ever attempted to fish with. However, I think my home lake is the perfect for this bait. My only concern is that right now the size of the majority of threadfins are in the 1" range. Thus my questions over the 3.5" swimbaits on a "finesse" designed A rig, and one I intend to fish in a more "finesse" manner.

Using 1/4th is fine and won’t impact anything but there are 1/16th options. You can type in “jig 1/16” on TW and all the results will have a 1/16th size offering. If weight is a big concern, you can also just add a screw lock to the upper arms and attach the swimbaits to those. When I want to go lighter, I will use 1/16th on all the arms except the bottom 2 where I use 1/8th. The extra weight on the bottom helps ensure it tracks true. Edit: I said 1/4th but meant 1/8th…brain fart Also, on the umbrella rigs like your picture, you can open them up by bending the wires out BUT I would bend the arms slightly below the head…not at the head. If you bend from the head, they have a tendency to loosen up from the head after multiple bends.