McIntosh couple of hours

**UpstateSC_Bill** · 08-09-2023, 06:20 PM

Originally Posted by Alphahawk

It’s been around for a very long time….I think since the 50’s maybe. Here is a little about it from LureNet.

Regards

The Ned rig is a finesse fishing technique that involves using small plastic worms, craws, or creatures paired with a light mushroom style head so it can easily float off the bottom. This rig was originally created by outdoor writer Ned Kehde and popularized in the Midwest – so the name Ned rig stuck because of him!

Thank you. When I first heard the term used I looked it up to see what was meant by it. I guess I just don't see the uniqueness of the "technique". I grew up fishing for trout in the northeast. When I wasn't fly fishing I was using an ultralight rod with tiny lures and various small jigs with plastic bodies. A lot of other guys used similar tackle. I just don't see anything special or unique about it. It is just a jig head with a plastic body set up so the plastic travels tail up. Kudos to Ned for making it popular in the Midwest. Maybe it's just an old guy thing that makes me scratch my head.

**BuckeyeCrappie** · 08-09-2023, 06:23 PM

Nice! Thanks for sharing

**moonrunner** · 08-09-2023, 06:56 PM

Nice fish.

**RVG Fishing** · 08-09-2023, 08:18 PM

Nice catches !

**skeetbum** · 08-10-2023, 05:33 AM

I never knew the history of it til now. The buoyant plastics of today make this easier to perfect the presentation. The Mule bodies I’ve been using are really tiny Ned rigs and the fish are liking them. Opened up some new thoughts in my set in my ways head on what to pursue with bigger versions than I’m used to. In the 80’s I thought that a 1/32 bullet weight and a Manns jelly worm was as good as it got. We’ve come a ways since.

**BobC** · 08-10-2023, 06:16 AM

Thanks for the take along. Nice setups to fish!
Bob

**JUNGLEJIMJIGS** · 08-10-2023, 06:44 AM

The mushroom style head is key to the ned rig, different than a ball head. The mushroom head rigged with plastic when it hits bottom the hook and bait will sit vertically and dragged on the bottom mimics a baitfish feeding on the bottom. I have the mold and it will take a soft plastic keeper to hold the plastic. I've also tied some hair jigs with these heads. I like it but don't use it much.

**gillchaser999** · 08-10-2023, 07:12 AM

I guess my use of a discarded worm on a jighead wasn’t really a Ned rig .
I was just recycling somebody’s litter .
I didn’t want my jig to sit on the moss covered bottom. I used a steady twitching retrieve like I would a Trout Magnet .
I wanted it to represent a fleeing crawfish or minnow .
It worked .

**UpstateSC_Bill** · 08-10-2023, 08:53 AM

Originally Posted by gillchaser999

I guess my use of a discarded worm on a jighead wasn’t really a Ned rig .
I was just recycling somebody’s litter .
I didn’t want my jig to sit on the moss covered bottom. I used a steady twitching retrieve like I would a Trout Magnet .
I wanted it to represent a fleeing crawfish or minnow .
It worked .

I think maybe the definition of a Ned rig may have evolved over the years. When searching for info on the term pictures are shown with jig heads from a plain ball head to various other shapes and some with an additional wire under the jig head. All sorts of different plastics being used. I guess if they need a name for a way to use a jig and plastic body it is as good as any.

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