Texas Rig Ole School

[grimlin]

So Avid,if i understand correctly senko would be be fished weightless?To achieve the action senko is known for?

God,i think i've been fishing the senkos wrong all this time..... :-[

It would also explain why when i wacky rig a senko i get more bites...  

[roadwarrior]

So Avid,if i understand correctly senko would be be fished weightless?To achieve the action senko is known for?

God,i think i've been fishing the senkos wrong all this time..... :-[

It would also explain why when i wacky rig a senko i get more bites...

My, my...After you try it the "right way" you're going to laugh at

yourself for making this post. The Fat Ika is fished weightless, too!

8-)

[RoLo]

Catt, I have a question for you:

When you lift your rod from 3 o'clock to 1 o'clock in two movements,

that places your soft-plastic into a "glide phase".

While you're waiting for your lure to reestablish bottom contact (glide-phase)

is your rod held parallel to the water surface (3 o'clock) or perpendicular to your fishing line (1 o'clock)?

Roger

[Catt]

Good one Roger

Actually that's my mistake, what it should be is 3 o'clock to 2 o'clock to 1 o'clock to 12 o'clock, three movements. Keep in mind these movements are not exactly dead on 3, 2,1,12 because when I reach the top I'm more of an 11:30 than 12 o'clock. Between each movement is a pause long enough for the worm to settle back to the bottom briefly before the next movement. During this whole process I'm keeping a semi-tight line feeling the whole time for anything unusual because I don't know when I'll be bite. It's the classic hopping of an Ole School Texas Rig we all learned years ago, I just never stopped using it; I use this same technique when fishing a Jig-N-Craw.

[RoLo]

Good one Roger

Actually that's my mistake, what it should be is 3 o'clock to 2 o'clock to 1 o'clock to 12 o'clock, three movements. Keep in mind these movements are not exactly dead on 3, 2,1,12 because when I reach the top I'm more of an 11:30 than 12 o'clock. Between each movement is a pause long enough for the worm to settle back to the bottom briefly before the next movement. During this whole process I'm keeping a semi-tight line feeling the whole time for anything unusual because I don't know when I'll be bite. It's the classic hopping of an Ole School Texas Rig we all learned years ago, I just never stopped using it; I use this same technique when fishing a Jig-N-Craw.

Okay, so in effect your lure rests on the bottom for a good 30 seconds,

but only on every "third" hop.

Roger

[Catt]

Exactly but if you think about it 30 seconds aint that long; many people use Spinner Baits or Cranks for search baits I use a Texas Rig.

[guitarkid]

wow avid sometimes i'm glad i do not hang out in bars.

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