Quote: Is Dean willing to mail these things or am I going to be fishing Pool 4 this coming weekend?
Be happy to send some John......It was an honor to introduce these at the GTG an ARM event! I shouldnt speak for B-Fish.....but I do know that this is not a mass produced product and does require substantial time to get inventories up to demand.They have been working there tail off for a long time to get this one ready for us!
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I was out Draggin' today fishing with my brother who was in town on leave from the navy. I haven't seen him in nearly TWO full years so today was an extra special day. The goal was to send him home with a few fish for a meal and to help him stick a PIGGIE.
John and I had a great day with 6 fish in the 22" - 25" range (plus an absolute TANKER!). This first pic is me with a 23" walleye caught on an orange BFT Draggin' Jig and a leech.
These jigs will go through just about anything yet have the weedguard in just the right position to allow for consistent hook-ups. If you've ever fished weedless head you know how much you give up in hooking percentage any time you throw a weed guard on a jig... these jigs sport a 1/0 hook and provide the best hooking percentage I've ever seen out of a weedless head while still fishing through the nastiest wood or rock.
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The game plan played out to perfection with my bro sticking his personal best walleye... EVER... on a BFT Draggin' Jig. Again, leeches were the ticket for the larger walleyes with very few fish falling for a crawler.
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Any ideas on when these will be available online? Yes. A close up shot would be nice. I will try to photo one of mine in the morning if no one beats me to it.
Well it's been a long time comin, thats for sure....
I remember about 3 years ago when this was just a brain storm in a couple of guys heads...
Now here we are doing the fine tuning to them...
I will be pouring as many as I can as fast as I can this week and next, then off to the painter, and I will try to get them available just as soon as I can
Unless someone has a painted one or two around I could get you some pix of some un painted ones..
Man that thing looks deadly. Sure is nice to see a weedless jig design that keeps the walleye angler in mind. I've had some issues keeping me off the water and out of the boat the last couple weeks so hopefully Dean still has some left by this weekend!
I notice the plastics keeper is on the inside of the shank. Out of curiosity, was there some theory behind that decision?
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Quote: I notice the plastics keeper is on the inside of the shank. Out of curiosity, was there some theory behind that decision?
Yes there was. If you have it on the other side like the Precision Heads it will catch the bottom much easier. The keeper works great for holding crawlers and is also good for threading on a piece of plastic, cutting it off and then add bait. Threading on a piece of plastics to the presentation just gives some added color.
I would like to thank B-fish for all the work they have put in to this great jig over the past couple of years. I have been lucky enough to demo these jigs thru the past couple of years until myself, and another great river rat were more than satisfied with their performance
Thanks for the pics. These jigs look alittle different than I thought they would be but that difference is ''much better.'' These jigs should ride upward much better when dragged than most and have a long enough hook to add either live bait or a plastic which makes them very multipurpose which adds to their value. Very well thought out and tested I can tell from their style. MUST get some of these in my hands. Thanks, Bill
I've had a chance to demo these jigs on the river and they will keep your bait in the zone without snag-ups better than anything else I have seen. The size of the hook allows for better hook-ups and less fish lost. There's nothing worse than finally sticking a 25-30 incher only to have her come unbuttoned on the way tot he boat. Dave at BFT has spent a lot of time, and there has been a ton of testing to get this product done right. I think this is it! I was out on the river with Mike W. last Sundat at the GTG. We were dragging jigs in the back channel. I had the new BFT jigs and Mike had some regular jigs. He kept getting hung up and finally switched over to the new draggin' jigs. Problem solved. The thin profile, the weedguard, and the way in which the weight of the jig is properly distributed all combine to give you the best chance to move through the snags rather than getting stuck in them. This is an easy one for any of you who drag jigs in the nasty stuff. If you prefer fishing over retying jigs, the new BFT draggin' jigs are for you.
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Quote: I notice the plastics keeper is on the inside of the shank. Out of curiosity, was there some theory behind that decision?
The hook has a small bend in the shank to ensure that the lead doesn't spin or break lose from the hook and that bend extends down from the shank of the hook taking up space at the bottom of the jig that would make it impossible to run the bait keeper on the bottom.
So since we couldn't put it on the bottom we put it on the top side. I don't believe it is possible to snag that wire on anything to the point where you could hang up the jig but it would catch small debris or gunk. In this weedless application having that keeper on top of the hook and behind the head made the most sense.
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