Tube jig head

[Crappie Reaper]

I'd like to see a Manufactuer create a headless jig head with a very small spinner in between the eye and the body. Once the tube has been threaded on, the only thing to show would be the hook/spinner and eye. I'll take a residual for the idea.:o

Is something like this possible for your R & D?

[TJ Stallings]

Crappie Reaper. You are scaring me dude. I've got four prototypes of an in-line spinner in my drawer. We think a lot alike. The only thing I can't get my head around is how to change tubes quickly. (Like on a Road Runner.) If you can't change the tube quickly, it just not what I want to do. I turned one of those over to an engineer friend of mine and that was three weeks ago. The easy ideas like a "snap" is an invite to catch grass or moss and come and gone. We think alike, just hope you don't look like me.

[Crappie Reaper]

I don't have any problems threading one on fast. The reason I asked is I ordered a tube jig mold last month and was thinking it really needed a small spinner.

[Crappie Reaper]

The hook would need to be a bit longer before the eye, but that's it.

[TJ Stallings]

Maybe I misunderstood. I thought you were speaking of a in-line lure. My apologies. I have shoved a larger tube over a RR head and popped the eye and the blade out of the tube. No one here liked it and the idea died the same day. (Tough crowd here on Mondays.)

[Crappie Reaper]

It's basically exactly as you describe, but their is no jig head to deal with. The skirt wraps around the end where the head should be. You just start the tube a little down from the end then feed it through till the eye is the only thing sticking out. A special hook with an elongated eye would help to incorporate the spinner. This allows the front of the tube to be the anchor for the tube with no need of a barb.

[TJ Stallings]

Okay, I see. A tube hook. (Literally, like Southern Pro Tackle's tube hook) Then something for the blade to turn on in front. (Like an in-line spinner) That linkage is where my head is locked up right now though.

[Crappie Reaper]

Not inline, I'll get back to you in a pm.