Jig rig equipment: installation options, wiring, advantages and disadvantages

Jig rig (jig-rig zag., Colloquial zig rig) is a rig and the method of jig fishing of the same name, invented in the USA and used there mainly for catching bass perch. It is used in difficult areas in order to reduce the number of hooks and breaks, as well as to improve the quality of wiring on overgrown and cluttered bottom.

Design features of jig rig equipment and installation methods

Structurally, the rig is a hinged joint based on a winding ring, a fastener and / or a swivel, a sinker and an offset hook with a bait. Passive rubber (worm, slug, crayfish) is most often used as bait, due to the fact that it is with such silicones that the zig-rig is fully revealed on lazy wiring through a passive predator, and also for the reason that the main type of predator when fishing for a similar tackle – perch. Floating rubber is also a good option. During pauses, such silicones become in the position of a feeding fish, without falling into silt or other debris, and additionally attract a predator.

But! It is worth noting that if the predator is quite active and it is planned to catch it with ordinary jig wires (“step”, “American”, wavy), then it is necessary and possible to use active running vibro-tails and twisters with active play.

Jig-rig – basic installation (classic) [/ caption] In the picture, your basic classic installation of a jig-rig, from which, in principle, you can make a start when collection of equipment. Attached through the winding ring are – bait on an offset hook, a weight most often with a swivel and a swept shape (they can be different in shape, depending on the need and conditions – they can be easily changed), as well as a leash fastener. Such a universal installation will allow fishing in most cases, we will discuss other possible installations and mistakes when rigging a jig rig.

How else to assemble a jig rig with your own hands: several options with photos and videos

Due to the fact that jig rig equipment is not very common in the CIS countries, it is not always possible to buy it ready-made, and the cost of purchased options is incomparably higher than a self-assembled installation. You will need a sinker:

Purchased version of a weight for a jig rig, in which the actual load and the offset operator are connected through a swivel [/ caption] To achieve the maximum casting distance in the jig- rig use weights-sticks, less often in the form of olives and other thickened forms. Thickened weights are used in jigrig, if it is necessary to use baits wide in their cross-section.

It is important! The cross-section of the bait at the widest point should not be larger than the cross-section of the widest (always bow) part of the weight. That is, in order for the jigrig to hit the long-range, the silicone must always be hidden behind the load flying in front, like a bullet.

Sagging weight for narrow worms and slugs [/ caption]
Wide bait – wide sinker [/ caption] Offsetters: Clasps
and / or winding rings:
And the actual bait:
There are several options for assembling mounting. In the first case, the weight and the offset bag with the bait are attached directly to the clasp without the use of winding rings. Universal jig-rig with a clasp without a winding ring:
Universal jig rig with clasp [/ caption] The second option, in which a winding ring is used.
Installation through the winding ring [/ caption] There is no particular difference in terms of the quality of the actual fishing – the same casting distance, almost the same behavior of the bait under water. The difference is convenience. Mounting with a winding ring allows you to assemble the rig at home without haste and nerves. Installation with a fastener will require a collection of installation directly on the pond.

Important! For jigrig, it is better to use sinkers with a swivel built into the tip.

Weight pickup

The weight of the sinker is selected for the tackle, bait and the required casting distance. The larger the bait, the larger the weight should be, either in weight or in diameter. That is, the weight should be commensurate with the size of the bait, both in size and in weight. Do-it-yourself jig rig installation with a video tutorial from an expert: https://youtu.be/myrdsvbMxyc

How not to do – jig rig installations that will work poorly / will not work at all

The first thing to remember! The size of the bait must be smaller than the size of the lead in diameter, otherwise one of the advantages of the jig rig equipment will be lost – the range and throw, in comparison with the usual jig rigging. In this installation, the weight always flies / floats in front, and if the bait is not commensurate with the size of the weight, then it will sail and somersault in the air, and behave unnaturally in the water and interfere with animation and wiring.

Jig-rig baits: in the first case, the load in the radial size is larger than the silicone fish, in the second, the krakozyabr is much more massive than the load-stick and the flight qualities will be appropriate [/ caption] Another error when the swivel is inserted into the eye of the hook and not into the clasp. This reduces the maneuverability and freedom of action of the bait, due to excessive friction in all nodes. The main advice! In this particular case, there is no need to invent anything. These mistakes should not be made, we advise you to start with those types of installation that probably work.

How to use the jig rig: wiring and fishing for perch, pike, pike perch; places of application

If the Americans catch bass with jigrig, then our spinners got used to using it for catching perch, pike, pike perch, that is, that predatory fish that often stands at the very bottom. Based on the design features, jig rig equipment is used for fishing from the bottom, in contrast, for example, to
Tokyo-rig , which goes at some distance from the bottom. This basic quality determines the places of application of this installation, the peculiarities of fishing, the advantages and disadvantages of using jig rig equipment in various conditions. Let’s walk briefly on the advantages and disadvantages of installing a jig rig.

What is your strength, jig-rig?

Pros:

1. Possibility of the laziest animation for a passive predator . Jig-rig allows you to effectively fish out local points on the bottom, literally centimeter by centimeter, working through the entire promising location.
2. The freedom to choose the animation of the bait . How to find out further and plus and minus, depending on how you look. Now about the pros. Variability in the behavior of the bait, as well as in the way it is fed. Dragging from monotonous to rather bold, twitching, tossing, uniformity of various speeds, a step at the bottom and along the bottom.
3. Range , as the most important quality, for which you should love this type of installation. Excellent flight performance if the rig is correctly assembled – without unnecessary friction in the knots, and if the bait-lead bundle is correctly selected. This is achieved due to the minimum frontal resistance, with a properly selected running weight. Thus, running jig weights with narrow lures will always fly farther than the same lures on a jig or cheburashka.
4. The possibility of using with floating rubber , in this case, shows almost the best results.

The
lure on the jig head sails strongly and has a strong drag, constantly rolls over and sails in all phases of the flight [/ caption] The
bait on the Cheburashka already flies much better, but not in an optimal way due to the presence of several attachment points – attaching the cord and bait to the weight at different points [/ caption]
Such mounting of a weight with a poured swivel and a drop-thickening with attachment at one point with the bait drags the flying weight along, preventing the rig from spinning and sailing unnecessarily [/ caption] Cons:

1. The complexity of bait control , due to the fact that silicone behaves ambiguously in such an installation. The weight-stick constantly falls to the bottom, which gives the bait unnatural and unfamiliar to the angler (and fish, too) movements. Also, the bait on this installation behaves unpredictably during pauses, which makes standard ladder wiring impossible.
2. The weight and shape of the sinker greatly affects the game of the bait . Hence the conclusion – jig-rig bait is smart and requires smart conscious actions from the fisherman. But this is both a plus and a minus – as anyone.

You should understand why exactly you are using a rig jig in a given situation. If you need the longest possible cast, we use a load – a stick, for a clearer behavior and a sense of the bait, it is better to take an olive load or a drop, as in the photo below:

About animation and features

A jig rig implies the ability to apply the smallest bait to the largest possible distance, while maintaining the adequacy of the behavior of the silicone fish on the wiring. Based on the above advantages and disadvantages of a jig rig, the following conclusions can be made regarding the methods of wiring, confirmed by practice. There are several ways to carry out the bait on the jig rig. It can be slow dragging along the bottom of the sinker with or without pauses, while the bait moves at some distance from the bottom. Such wiring is especially to the liking of pike and perch. Pulling along the bottom of the jig-rig has seduced more than one minke. The best option for this method of wiring is a Tyrolean stick jigrig equipped with a passive worm / slug or a running vibrotail.
In places where the risk of snagging is minimal, a double can also be used [/ caption] You can also carry out the bait evenly at a medium / fast pace – such a jig-rig has proven itself well for perch and zander. Another option is a typical step in a different rhythm, which works for all predatory fish – pike, pike perch, perch, sometimes chub. For this option, as we found out, the rigjig should be equipped with a large olive or drop weight, so that this very step can be knocked out on the bottom with high quality. Also, a jig rig allows you to seduce the most passive predator into the grip, for this they use the laziest wiring – dragging along the bottom with a minimum horizontal component in the wiring. For this option, a special weight “sloth” is used for the jig-rig, which, due to its shape, seems to slide along the bottom surface.More details about this method of editing in the video: https://youtu.be/F52SQGe4shM All animation options require a clear understanding of what happens to the bait at the bottom during various actions of the spinner. Based on this, the shallow water mounting behavior should be studied to avoid unnecessary movement in practice.

When and where the advantages of jigrig rigging outweigh the disadvantages

The positive aspects of a jig rig compared to a hinged mounting and a conventional jig head are manifested in ponds with small vegetation or muddy bottoms. In this case, this rig does not collect this garbage so much, since only the weight sinks in the jigrig.

It should be understood that this applies only to small debris at the bottom (grass, leaves, small-small pebbles) and a muddy sinking bottom. For a larger fraction of garbage, a Tokyo rig will work better
.

https://youtu.be/KQG88lylMBE Fishing for perch on a jig rig – video practice (search, posting, bait feeding): https://youtu.be/RG4IXHhxiZc

What you need to know about tackle

In general, the tackle is selected the same as for a regular jig. There are no special nuances, since the fishing tactics are almost the same – posting, casting, requirements for sensitivity and range. That is, a typical set for fishing with a jig rig will be the following – a fast or extra-fast action jig rod, a meat grinder reel 2000-2500 according to Shimano, a 0.08-0.15 cord, depending on the fishing conditions, the lures used and the fishing object. The optimum length for the shore is 2-2.7 meters, for a boat it is 1.9-2.4 meters. That is, you can take a station wagon in a length of 2.4 meters. It is also typical to use a fluorocarbon leader, which, along with less visibility, has a remarkable quality – rigidity, which reduces the number of overlaps compared to a bait directly connected to a cord. For some reason, it seems to us that the boom in popularity of such equipment as jigrig is still ahead,in view of the fact that our CIS angler in most cases is rather wary of everything new. He needs to communicate everything, try everything, make hundreds of casts and dozens of cliffs, MANDATORY! to catch something and only then, perhaps, will the belief in the bait / tackle / method of fishing and other novelties come, which are not new abroad for a long time … Our opinion is if the installation of a jig rig is used consciously, emphasizing its advantages and minimizing disadvantages, it can be successfully applied to our “standard” bottom predator – perch, pike, pike perch. In addition, it should be noted that this type of installation is simple and cheap. Which makes it affordable for most beginners as well as experienced spinners.try everything, do hundreds of casts and dozens of cliffs, MANDATORY! to catch something and only then, perhaps, will the belief in the bait / tackle / fishing method and other novelties come, which are not new abroad for a long time … Our opinion is if the installation of a jig rig is used deliberately, emphasizing its advantages and minimizing disadvantages, then it can be successfully applied to our “standard” bottom predator – perch, pike, pike perch. In addition, it should be noted that this type of installation is simple and cheap. Which makes it affordable for most beginners as well as experienced spinners.try everything, do hundreds of casts and dozens of cliffs, MANDATORY! to catch something and only then, perhaps, will the belief in the bait / tackle / method of fishing and other novelties come, which are not new abroad for a long time … Our opinion is if the installation of a jig rig is used consciously, emphasizing its advantages and minimizing disadvantages, it can be successfully applied to our “standard” bottom predator – perch, pike, pike perch. In addition, it should be noted that this type of installation is simple and cheap. Which makes it affordable for most beginners and experienced spinners alike.emphasizing its advantages and minimizing disadvantages, it can be successfully applied to our “standard” bottom predator – perch, pike, zander. In addition, it should be noted that this type of installation is simple and cheap. Which makes it affordable for most beginners and experienced spinners alike.emphasizing its advantages and minimizing disadvantages, it can be successfully applied to our “standard” bottom predator – perch, pike, zander. In addition, it should be noted that this type of installation is simple and cheap. Which makes it affordable for most beginners and experienced spinners alike.

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