jika rig (shhhh lets keep this between us tubers)

Nice for flippin

Funny, I just built a couple of these the other night, copying the Owner concept. Now I actually will have confidence to try it, since reading this. I believe Owner calls it a Jig Rig.

Ever heard of the Neko rig? Shhhhh!

Alright alright...im jumpin on the wagon. Made a couple of these rigs, rigged em with a jerk shad, a blood worm plastic thingamajig and mc slug. Gonna toss em to some hungry fish tmrw and the next. Thanks for the insight!

Hey let me know how they work if you go out tomorrow. I'll make one up for Tuesday.

fisheromen wrote:Funny, I just built a couple of these the other night, copying the Owner concept. Now I actually will have confidence to try it, since reading this. I believe Owner calls it a Jig Rig.

Ever heard of the Neko rig? Shhhhh!

Yes have heard and do fish a Niko rig. Ever heard of a "senko palm" ?

Is that splitting the tail of the senko? Nope never heard of it! Just guessing, actually.

I have heard of the Senko Palm and I really like the Neko rigs as well this is a cool thread

Take the idea of a nail weight but tie some flashbeaue to the weight or use a brass nail. Insert in the end of a Senko and you have a "palm" the niko effect with some great action!

NOt familiar with "flashbeaue". Is it like a skirt?

I neko a senko all the time! I put the nail in the thicker end.

my boy calls it the "dick rig"!!! where u flyline a senko type of worm with a nail insert

I just rigged up a few of these fishing for trout at the end of the month so ill be trying this rig

I made about 8 of these to try this weekend, now I want to try and figure out the Neko jig. Always cool learning something new now just need to make it work.

For a neko on the cheap, I use a tiko nail instead of those expensive neko weights. The fish don't care how much you spent. I also use an o-ring and the Gamakatsu weedless wacky hook. You only lose about a buck when you break off. Good news, you seldom break off!

fisheromen wrote:NOt familiar with "flashbeaue". Is it like a skirt?

I neko a senko all the time! I put the nail in the thicker end.

Similar (I spelled it wrong) Flashabou is familiar to fly guys. You could use skirt material or embroidery thread or whatever. Doesn't have to be a Senko either but you know that.

Doesn't have to be directly tied to the nail/weight either. You could use a wire and run a line down the center of the worm and pull the skirt stuff into the lite end and tie THAT to the nail/weight. Then you end up with an "anemone" effect.

IF you are lazy you could cut the end off a small "hula" style grub and crazy glue it to the end of a senko or any worm where the sizes can match up. Fast n easy. You can do it on the water.

Anybody using this rig with bigger plastics for lmb? 7" worm/lizard/stik-o ect...?

the biggest bait ive thrown was a 5 inch skinny dipper. as ling as ur putting a bigger hook i dont see why it wouldnt work

This post had plenty interest..anybody have any reports on how well they did with the rig the past two weeks? Worked well for me vertical jigging in about 40ft on the pillars. Flattened out a torpeedo. Thanks leftcross

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thats right!! wait until u try it out the grass gets super thick. thats where it shines

Caught my first fish on this rig, a nice 3 lb LMB. I found some bass casting weights with swivels already on them. They were a great price on Ebay. I put a 1/0 skip gap hook on it. Just baited a Zoom Trick Worm. Nice thump! Plan on using this more!

leftcross wrote:...its definitely alot cheaper to make them yourself than to buy the ones made by owner. 2 rigs for $6 is too rich for my blood. let me know what you guys think about this rig...

Been using this setup for awhile now at the local city lakes. Been using the owners rig n jig hooks which are a little overpriced(8bucks for 2 hooks) but worth every dollar.

soonernick wrote:Anybody using this rig with bigger plastics for lmb? 7" worm/lizard/stik-o ect...?

Use the 1/0 4 creature baits and the 3/0 4 larger worms etc...

thanks for the info looks like something good to try

Good idea Leftcross I'm going to give it a shot thanks for the pic it helps to see it

This is not a staple for me in the saltwater and I am looking forward to trying in the fresh, you are going to like this joer210

hi guys new to the site. i see its been a while since this thread been active so i figure i try and wake it up. so what kind of success have you had with this top secret rig. i found an old video on youtube and i figure i share it with y'all its a different approach on the Jika... oops i mean on the top secret rig  with out using any O rings just fishing line. take a look.
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