A Trick I discovered for Jigs!

Hello everyone! I have enjoyed reading this groups suggestions and comments
for some time now. I dearly LOVE fishing. I experimented the other day
with a lure and I came up with a trick that really helps me when I jig fish
without weedguards! I bought several fantastic handmade jigs from a fellow
selling them through eBay. These jigs are hair jigs. They were a little
pricey and they came without built in weedguards. Largemouth Bass loved
them, however I was constantly hanging them resulting in losing a couple. I
thought for a while as to how to make them weedless without effecting the
action{weight} or affecting the look. After several weak attempts I came up
with a solution. I simply used my daughters brace's- bands. These are
small "rubber bands" used for her teeth braces! I looped them through the
eye of the jig and then "hooked" the other looped end under the barb on the
business end of the jig hook. I hope this is not too confusing. Anywho,
this does not seem to effect the action in any way, and you do not notice it
at all! I can now throw this jig right straight into a sunken tree top
without hanging up! I don't notice this effecting the hook setting ability
either. This is just a discovery that I wanted to share with you peeps just
in case you have experienced this dilemma. Good Luck Fishing, and thight
lines to ALL! " Roostermayo"

Russell Davis wrote:

After several weak attempts I came up
with a solution. I simply used my daughters brace's- bands. These are
small "rubber bands" used for her teeth braces! I looped them through the
eye of the jig and then "hooked" the other looped end under the barb on the
business end of the jig hook.

This is the same weedless rig the Banjo Minnow used years ago, yep, it
works.

--
Rodney Long,
Inventor of the Long Shot "WIGGLE" rig, SpecTastic Thread
Boomerang Fishing Pro. ,Stand Out Hooks ,Stand Out Lures,
Mojo's Rock Hopper & Rig Saver weights, Decoy Activator
and the EZKnot http://www.ezknot.com

"Rodney Long" wrote in message
...
Russell Davis wrote:

After several weak attempts I came up with a solution. I simply used my
daughters brace's- bands. These are small "rubber bands" used for her
teeth braces! I looped them through the eye of the jig and then "hooked"
the other looped end under the barb on the business end of the jig hook.

This is the same weedless rig the Banjo Minnow used years ago, yep, it
works.

The trick has been tried with other baits as well. I even heard somebody
say that they used a variation of it with spinner baits.

--
Bob La Londe
http://www.YumaBassMan.com