"NEKO RIG" . . . not NED RIG . . . anyone ever try it on TRL? any success? see VIDEO below . . .

[wareaglecamo]

 

 

[Quillback]

Haven't tried it, but I'm sure you could catch TR bass fishing it.

[fishinwrench]

I intended to play with that on some dock fish last year and never got around to it.    

[wareaglecamo]

I had never heard of it until a couple of days ago . . . evidently developed by Japanese tournament anglers and showed up, with success, on the FLW tour in 2010-2011 . . . looks like it deserves a try . . . 

[Old plug]

I think from experience that most of that shaking comes from the design of the worm. I like how supple the one looks in the video is I used to fish tht style of worm years ago. They were called ring worms. I bet l can rig that thing texas style or put a split shot about 2" in front of that worm and make it do all kinds of girrations. I would love to see the return of the original ringworm. I have fished them unweighted and made the  dance and fall over brush. Something struggling  up above that brushpile is very exciting to the bass. 

[dtrs5kprs]

You can do the same thing with a nail weight in the head of the worm, or snip the hook off of a cheap ball head and glue it in. The nail works a little better because a head, or the Neko weight, will catch in the cracks in chunk rock. Nail weighted worm just drags over it.

Plug is right about the design. More flexible than something like a senko. Weight just keeps it glued in one place. Kind of like a full size Zinkerz or Zero on a big shakey head.

[Fish24/7]

how I make  Neko weights

try it with the hitchiker/keeper spring in the middle of the weight or at the top 

with the  keeper sping positioned in the middle of the weight it works like a football design for dragging . 

 

[dtrs5kprs]

12 minutes ago, Fish24/7 said:

how I make  Neko weights

try it with the hitchiker/keeper spring in the middle of the weight or at the top 

with the  keeper sping positioned in the middle of the weight it works like a football design for dragging . 

 

Slick.

[abkeenan]

Just now, dtrs5kprs said:

Slick.

Indeed. Love to see how people reinvent wheels when it comes to fishing or anything really. I would think that it would be better to have the weight vertical as opposed to how he has it horizontally to reduce drag/surface area along the bottom thus less snags. I'm sure either way works in the end. Thanks for sharing.

[Old plug]

i am headed down to springfield tomorrow wrench. I sure want to check out that worm he had in the video. If i get some will be using it on a jig head. It looked real supple in that video.