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Rigging Tubes with Insider Jig Heads
| Hello Bubba,
Decided to give your tubes a try! I have to admit that I have mainly been using Power bait 3" tubes so far. I have ordered your 3.5" & 4.5" tubes. My question is with the insert jig heads that I have been using how do you rig the longer tubes this way? Or don't you use the insert jigs with these longer tubes? I usually like to poke the eye of the hook out close to the nose of the tube with these longer ones are you forced to exit the eye further back on the tubes? Or should you slit the back of the tube for the bend in the hook?
Thanks for any help!
Tom Adank |
Jerry "Bubba" Puckett says:
Hey Tom, good to hear from you again. I have to "fess up" to not throwing tubes a great deal lately. I do remember, however, "short-rigging" some insert heads so that there was a small void at the nose of the tube - I thought (operative word) I got a flatter drop with the bait balanced a bit better, and thought (there's that word again) that the spiraling fall of the tube made a larger circle...not such a tight spiral on the drop.
I believe that many of the guys are using the larger tube as more of a flip bait, or for pitching in heavier cover with a worm weight and T-rigged hook. I asked Bassdozer about this too, so we'll get his thoughts on this one, and in the meantime you can cruise over to our on-line video clips to check out the video I did recently with
Mike Delvisco. He uses the tubes for flippin' heavy cover, and we went through his rigging methods. Hope this helps Tom, and stay in touch.
See ya' on the Bronzeback board!
Russ Bassdozer says:
Hi Tom,
Okay, depends on which manufacturer or model of insert jig you have. Many tube insert jigs are thin cylinders or teardrops of lead with a pointy end towards the butt. You can insert the hookpoint dead center into the nose of our longer 4 1/2" tube. But first, hold the jig/hook alongside the tube right where you want the hookpoint to come out. Then "pinprick" the top of the tube at the desired spot where you want the hook to come out.
Now start threading the hook through the nose, and - you guessed it - thread the entire jig through the nose. When the hook point is back where you want it to be, bring it out at the exact spot where you "pinpricked" the tube. Then slowly but surely work the leadhead in by pushing and pulling on it, wetting it for lubrication if need be, Tom.
Then pop the jig line tie out the top, using your thumbnail to scrape an exit hole where the line tie presses up against the plastic.
The "hole in the nose" will close over after you are finished doing this, and it doesn't detract from the tube's enticing action.
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