Anyone Tried This?

[FL_Sharpshooter]

Anyone tried making a jig with a head style similar to gambler's giggy head? It's the only style of head I've seen that will force a plastic to stand up on end. Would it be possible to have silicone tied with a weed guard on one of these things?

[Siebert Outdoors]

yes you could tie to it. If that barb is just lead it will probably bend though. Might be a good idea. Go for it.

[FL_Sharpshooter]

yes you could tie to it. If that barb is just lead it will probably bend though. Might be a good idea. Go for it.

If anyone would know about this, I figured you would. Yeah, that barb might be a problem...not sure where I would put a weed guard at.

[FL_Sharpshooter]

I'm confused. Not sure why you would need a weedguard on it if its texas rigged?

Or are you talking about putting a skirt on the barb?

...Bill

Yup, putting a skirt on the barb. I just made one with leftover skirt material from a black/blue jig. I tied the strands on the barb with a ziptie and super-glued a weed guard above the barb. I tested it a little bit in the pool, and it looks like its making the rage craw stand up on end like I wanted. We'll see how it does in the water, going to go see if I can stir up a few bass now.

[FIAB]

FL_Sharpshooter,

I have tied a ton of jigs similar to that this year. It has been a very hot lure for me this spring. I used a picasso (now out of buis.) shake-e head standup football head jigs. They have a wire keeper instead of lead that can be moved out of the way while tying. Take a look at the spot remover shakey head too they stand up pretty well too. The skirt I was tying on is more of a finesse skirt than a full jig skirt. I did not worry about a weed guard because I was rigging them texas (or shakey) style. The other reason I liked picasso is that they are the only shakey jigs made in 1oz.

[FL_Sharpshooter]

FL_Sharpshooter,

I have tied a ton of jigs similar to that this year. It has been a very hot lure for me this spring. I used a picasso (now out of buis.) shake-e head standup football head jigs. They have a wire keeper instead of lead that can be moved out of the way while tying. Take a look at the spot remover shakey head too they stand up pretty well too. The skirt I was tying on is more of a finesse skirt than a full jig skirt. I did not worry about a weed guard because I was rigging them texas (or shakey) style. The other reason I liked picasso is that they are the only shakey jigs made in 1oz.

Wow, those are really cool. Thanks for posting those. Yours look a lot better than mine . I didn't have any luck on the one I just made, but I did manage to catch a 3lber on a regular giggy head with a 6" roboworm straight tail. I think I'll leave the jig-tying stuff to your professionals . I was just pretty curious if anyone had tried this, because like I said, it's the only style of head I've seen that forces a plastic to stand up on end.