Do you thread this on the swim jig so if its lying on your table it would be flat on the table or what I would call straight up and down.
Do you thread this on the swim jig so if its lying on your table it would be flat on the table or what I would call straight up and down.
On a swim jig, I primarily have it flat because I tend to skip swim jigs around the cover I'm fishing
I agree, I’m out of Rage Tails after yesterday so I have a Zoom Fat Albert on my swim jig and I run it like this.
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I agree, I’m out of Rage Tails after yesterday so I have a Zoom Fat Albert on my swim jig and I run it like this.
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I use the Z Craw Jr. and always rig the tail horizontal.
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I second this method.Originally Posted by Jeff Hahn
I agree with the Z-Craw Jr. as a swim jig trailer. I prefer them over the Menace by a pretty wide margin. That said, I often rig them with the claws vertical. It definitely works, though I'm not sure it works any better than rigging them horizontal. In my mind it looks more like a bluegill that way - again, not sure if the fish care. One more concrete difference is that with vertical rigging the jig seems to run a little deeper for a given retrieve speed. A down side of the vertical rigging is that it becomes much easier to hook the flapping "claws" on the hook point. Biting off the right about of the "head" before threading it on remedies this. It's a fine line and it's been over a month since I've done it, but it seems like it was 3 "segments" worth that was the sweet spot on the Brovarney jigs I usually fish.
Fat Alberts also work very well.
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Vertical if they're feeding on bait, horizontal if they're feeding on craws
If I plan on fishing the jig with a stop and fall presentation I rig the bait horizontal. If I am using a steady retrieve with twitches, I rig the bait vertical. The Menance grub has really become my go to bait. It flat out catches fish.
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