Goggle-Eyed Posted May 17, 2013 Posted May 17, 2013 I just don't get all the "hype" or naming this a "Ned Rig". It is a crappie jig with a bit of Senko or other rubber worm. I as well as many others have been doing this for years. The fact that some guy (named Ned) wrote an article and added some techniques for fishing it is cool, but I am not sure it warrants naming it after him.... I think it should be called "grandpa's rig" because I am pretty sure that's where it started... You know.... Grandpa was taking a grandkid fishing and didn't want to waste a good bait... So he picked up a crappie jig and a piece of worn out Senko and tied it on the kids "Snoopy" rod... The Grandkid started catching a ton of fish.... So Grandpa started using the same setup.... I am pretty sure that is where the Crappie Jig/Piece of Senko "Ned Rig" started!!!! I do agree it is a great tool, just not sure why something so old (i was doing it in the early 90's) would or should be named after someone. That's like saying a crappie jig tipped with a minnow, or waking a spinnerbait like a topwater instead of fishing it traditionally should be named after a guy that wrote an article on how to do it.. Anyway, it is a great tool in the arsenal, no more of a game changer than than the A-Rig but definitely works well in certain conditions. Not interested in hearing how great it works (I agree it is effective in the right conditions!!!) but would like to hear your thoughts on actually naming something that has been used for so long after someone just because he wrote an article.... Maybe, I am just jealous I don't have a method of fishing named after me!!!!
aarchdale@coresleep.com Posted May 17, 2013 Posted May 17, 2013 HAHA good point, I think that maybe with all these new fancy methods people have just overlooked using somthing so simple lately. But after all what do i know....I did invent the night crawler though
Goggle-Eyed Posted May 17, 2013 Author Posted May 17, 2013 I did invent the night crawler though Thats a lie, My Great Grandpa invented that!!!! I hearby Christen the Night Crawler, the "pa pa rig" What about a "shaky head" why isn't that named after the guy that started fishing a worm slowly, on a stand up head and just "twitching it"????
aarchdale@coresleep.com Posted May 17, 2013 Posted May 17, 2013 my grandpa had the shakes real bad so i think thats how it got its name
Wayne SW/MO Posted May 17, 2013 Posted May 17, 2013 It did look like nothing more than a slider rig actually, bit without the good head. It is funny how things suddenly become a special technique because someone has the opportunity to publicize it. My fishing buddy and I fished long flyrods on the Deschutes to control the drift in rocky areas. Then it became high sticking and eventually Czech nymphying. We drop shotted 50 years ago, the only difference was that we used a light float to keep the line perpendicular and taut. The rig generally consisted of a sinker big enough to pull the float down, a hook tied 2' above it and the float 2' above that. Today's release is tomorrows gift to another fisherman.
Goggle-Eyed Posted May 17, 2013 Author Posted May 17, 2013 my grandpa had the shakes real bad so i think thats how it got its name Touche', You Win!!!!
Ham Posted May 17, 2013 Posted May 17, 2013 With all do respects, read the back story. It may be fair to claim that there's nothing new under the sun, but Ned K. refined this system and has caught multi-boat loads of fish in tough conditions with his little system. Your right in that it's a jig with a piece of worm, but the devil is in the details. Look the other way and let the other folks have their fun. Every Saint has a past, every Sinner has a future. On Instagram @hamneedstofish
Goggle-Eyed Posted May 18, 2013 Author Posted May 18, 2013 With all do respects, read the back story. It may be fair to claim that there's nothing new under the sun, but Ned K. refined this system and has caught multi-boat loads of fish in tough conditions with his little system. Your right in that it's a jig with a piece of worm, but the devil is in the details. Look the other way and let the other folks have their fun. I am trying, I am just struggling with naming an old method of fishing after someone... Yes it is effective, did he perfect it "maybe". Does that mean we should no longer call flipping docks with a jig and pig a "jig and pig" and start calling it the "Denny Rig? Obviously Denny Brauer perfected Flipping docks and the details, but I have never heard anyone call it a "Denny Rig"... Just not sure this warranted the "naming", seems like he focused on getting the "rig" named after himself.. edited to add.... Funny thing I posted this same thing on an eastern "USA" based forum and a "western" based forum and 80% of the posts agreed this is a method of fishing that many of us have been doing for 25+ years, Ned just did it better and shared his success... Again, I agree it works and he is probably the best I have ever 'READ" about in fishing it.... Still don't know if a "jig and 1/2 a worm" warrants naming a bait!!!!
Gavin Posted May 19, 2013 Posted May 19, 2013 No need to debate the syntax...It flat out works...Slow day on the G. Nade on Friday..Maybe 8 bass in the first 4 miles...ran through all the usuall suspects with no love, and tried out 4 new topwater baits....Norman Top Dollar drew my only two topwater bass..4" tube produced the rest...and it was running 3 goggs to one bass.....Figured the goggs were on and I'd clean some. Tried that Ned rig...wore the goggs out and plenty of bonus bass.
fishinSWMO Posted May 19, 2013 Posted May 19, 2013 I've heard it was called the Jerm Worm. Jeremy Dodson
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