11-08-11, 04:03 PM | #1 |
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Buckeye 2 part jig
I ran across an ad for this new jig by Buckeye in the latest Bassmaster magazine or Basstimes I can't remember which. Anyways my first thought when I seen it was that it was a cure to a problem that doesn't exist. Then as I thought more about it I will concede that I have lost a few jig fish over the years that were good fish but I still don't consider losing fish on a jig to be a very common problem because generally once they are stuck they don't come off in my experience. But even if someone was having problems with losing fish on a jig I can't see how this jig would do anything but make the problem worse. The claims to the jig is that once you get a fish on the bigger football shaped head will seperate itself from the smaller head that you actually tie to and slide up the line preventing the fish from getting leverage to throw the hook. Is it just me or does it seem like the heavier weight sliding up the line would actually create more leverage for the fish to throw the hook? I mean with every headshake you would have a heavy piece of lead swinging back and forth which would help pull against the hook, am I right? I remember hearing people not long ago talk about this being one of the reasons to peg the weight on a Texas rig, so the weight wouldn't slide up the line and give the fish leverage to throw the hook. Like a jig, I have never had much of an issue with lost fish on a Texas rig but I do peg my weight most of the time when I flip and pitch, but I do it because I get a better presentation that way and I never have my weight slide over a limb or something while my bait stays on the other side of the limb. Anyways I was curious what everyone else thinks about Buckeyes new jig.
http://www.buckeyelures.com/2-Part_Jig.shtml
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