sdsaw Posted December 14, 2016 Report Share Posted December 14, 2016 Saw this video recently. Very interesting and easy to do. What do you think of it? Would this work with a swimbait or grub? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21xdc Posted December 14, 2016 Report Share Posted December 14, 2016 I prefer my method... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted December 14, 2016 Report Share Posted December 14, 2016 (edited) All great ideas but I don't see these as true Ned rigs. I love 21xdc's creation, but they aren't Ned rigs, they are excellent shaky heads!!! Edited December 14, 2016 by smalljaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21xdc Posted December 14, 2016 Report Share Posted December 14, 2016 The ned rig is nothing more than a button head in light weights.... Using floating plastic. I don't like an open hook in the weedy lakes we have here in Michigan... This was my solution for my needs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted December 14, 2016 Report Share Posted December 14, 2016 I think the original Ned rig is meant to be dragged flat along the bottom. It think it would excel in clear lakes with no weeds. I know bass will eat a deadstick senko off the bottom, so this rig would add some movement, too. I would go with 21xdc's rig, because it is weedless and there are lots of weeds where I fish. Right now I peg a sinker to an offset worm hook, so I can drag the worm through the weeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jig Man Posted December 14, 2016 Report Share Posted December 14, 2016 Around here the purist Ned guys use an itty bitty #4 crappie hook on a 1/16 oz head. It is so small it hardly gets hung up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted December 14, 2016 Report Share Posted December 14, 2016 11 minutes ago, Jig Man said: Around here the purist Ned guys use an itty bitty #4 crappie hook on a 1/16 oz head. It is so small it hardly gets hung up. They are much stouter of heart than I. I'd be afraid the hook would open up when I tried to get the fish out of the weeds or tulles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdsaw Posted December 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 (edited) 13 hours ago, 21xdc said: I prefer my method... Very nice rigging! Can you add a skirt to those heads? Edited December 15, 2016 by sdsaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jig Man Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 4 hours ago, mark poulson said: They are much stouter of heart than I. I'd be afraid the hook would open up when I tried to get the fish out of the weeds or tulles. Mark we don't have any vegetation in our lakes. Most have very little standing timber. Man made brush cover is what we mostly have. BTW I did blind sow a 6.5 a couple of years ago on a Ned but I was using a #2 hook instead of a #4. (I'm not a purist and will go up to 3/0 on some of them.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21xdc Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 39 minutes ago, sdsaw said: Very nice rigging! Can you add a skirt to those heads? No.... But I could make that mold. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 11 hours ago, 21xdc said: No.... But I could make that mold. Or you could just use a hula grub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
