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Thursday I rigged the ones I had on a size 10 Clown Diamond jig. Gill Getters work, too, if you want the smaller hook sizes; there is a tungsten version out now from one of the suppliers that adds a bit of weight. On ice line the smaller jigs that fish heavy work just fine, that would include the Mooska types and Fat Boys, too. These are all essentially horizontal or 45 degrees of vertical when they hang, which is about all I fish anymore. If there is any hook shyness, I find the smaller hooks are more acceptable. The perch were inhaling them requiring a forceps to unhook several of them, everyone of them hooked in the roof of the mouth, too. There was also one hammerhandle pike maybe 16/17" and one bluegill of about 7". No question about the strikes either. We did have a couple of very soft takes and some little tiny bit of sunny nibble, but most of the bite took the rod tip down and hooked themselves. Most of the bite came up hot and when the flasher lines merged the noodle rod tip took a dive. There was no response on spikes, and pretty much only lookers for other plastics and mostly the same on waxies. Very little action was imparted but that tail never seems to stop waving, you cannot hold the rod steady enough for it to stop, you have to put it down for that.
