Ned Rig

[Chief Grey Bear]

Uhhh yeah, the elk has been around a few million years.

You boys seem to get a little testy when will we don't wet pants over the ned rig talk.

Where'd Chuck go?

[Ham]

Seriously, I've been fishing jig worms for > 30 years. And soft plastics on lead heals for > 40 years. You'd think I'd be better at it by now.

[Chief Grey Bear]

Some people just have a larger learning curve.

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

I was just rubbing you guys. I agree, it does get a lot of attention, and I think that it should. I was able to catch half of my fish on it at the OAF Big Bass Tournament. ( I only caught 2 fish). Full disclosure, I have never been to the Elk, really don't know where it is located. Just wanted to give someone somewhere a smile. :-) Guess it did not work for you Chief. Sorry.

[Chief Grey Bear]

It's a beautiful river its just not one of my favorites for fishing.

I would recommend that you float sometime if you get a chance.

It's all good.

[jtram]

I hate the Elk.

Lay down your criteria.

You hate the Elk, or you hate upper Elk and thousands of drunks that have ruined the upper?

[Terrierman]

Why is it that every time there's a discussion about the "Ned rig" folks have to jump all over it? I'm not a hater or a fanboy..yet. I owe a lot of fish at the hot lake to the ned when I couldn't get them to bite on much else on a few bluebird days. I don't think it will ever replace my standards in the creek, but I'll give them a fair shot this year.

But still, it seems like every time folks have to talk about how it's not really new. I think Babler even uses a different name for it as if to show he's known about this longer than the rest of the Johnny-come-latelys. When the A-rig got big, folks were saying "umbrella rigs have been around for a long time."

The whole thing is like if I were to tell someone I really liked X band, and they said "well I liked them before they were cool." You know that guy?

I do know that guy.

[Terrierman]

Stream or lake, more fish in the boat seems better. Guess you can take the trout approach of only wanting to catch them on one particular bait. I just want to meet them all, ask them how they have been, and send them home.

Ham and I were fishing the White last Saturday. We were catching a lot of fish, some were bigger than others. I offered the opinion that they were ALL nice fish. Every big fish started out as a little fish. I'm not offended in the least by catching a 7" smallmouth bass. And honestly I like it about as much as catching a 14" smallmouth. Either way that fish is going right back in the water. I'm still a kid at heart and it's getting a little late to hope for much more growing up to ever happen and change my outlook.

[Terrierman]

Some people just have a larger learning curve.

I've always wanted a big learning curve.

[MOPanfisher]

I heard about the Ned rig so much I finally had to look it up to see what it was. Turns out I had used it for years just didn't know it had a name. I love using what I had called a "do nothing jig" in creeks and river because besides smallmouth smacking it the gogglers and greenies hate it too and them fellers is delicious. It will remain one of my top 5 or so lures just for sheer versatility sake.