Jika Rigs?

[MuskyGary]

I've looked at the jika rigs and don't understand why they're needed. Can't a person just tie the hook on with a palomar  knot and leave the tag end on. Then crimp some shot on the tag end for the same results?

Edited November 19, 2013 by MuskyGary

[mark poulson]

I like how flexible the rigging is with the Jika setup.

It's easy to make a rig with two split rings.  That way you can change the weight or hook if you like.

If you put one ring through the hook eye, and the second ring through the first, and attach the dropshot weight to the second, you are able to tie your line to the first ring above the second ring, so the weight is always on the bottom of the soft plastic, and dragging the bottom, or leading it down through the grass.

Depending on what shape weight you use, you can vary the wobble of the bait as it's dragged along the bottom.

[gone2long]

Also split shot will hang up in rocks more often that a drop shot weight.

[mark poulson]

I do pinch a split shot onto the line above my weightless wacky rigs when I want a quick way to get a faster fall.  It's easy, and the fluorocarbon line doesn't get damaged by pinching the lead onto it.  But I have to tie an overhand knot onto the tag end if I want to use split shot as a drop shot weight, because they will just slide off the fluoro otherwise.