The Jigga rig has put some ridiculous weights of F1s on the scales on busy commercials over the years, and the best bit is it is not complicated. The rig takes minutes to put together. What makes it so deadly is finding the depth the fish are feeding at, because once you have that right it presents a bait on a tight line, with a controlled fall, dropping straight through them like a freebie.
Think of it as shallow fishing, but with control. You are not just dangling a bait up in the water and hoping for a bite. You are working a specific band of depth with a slow, vertical drop, and it is at its best in summer when F1s are happy to sit up off bottom. The key to the success of the rig is you want it falling dead straight, won’t work as effectively swinging away or towards you.
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Setup the jigga rig
I start with a strong, slightly stiffer mainline, usually 0.18mm . That is not about strength in the rig, it’s about helping the float do its job. The Jigga needs to slide freely on the line, and very thin, supple line can sometimes cause it to hang up or behave inconsistently.
About two feet from the pole tip I slide on a float stop, thread the Jigga float onto the line, then add a second stop around 18 inches below the first. I then mount a bulk five No 8s shot just under the lower stop next to the loop-to-loop connection for the hooklength.
Those two stops are what gives the rig it’s precision. Set the distance between them to match where you think the fish are feeding. When you ship out and the float rises until it hits the top stop, the hookbait is sitting at your maximum depth. Then, when you slowly lift the pole tip, the float stays in place in the water while the line slides through it, which draws the hookbait up until it meets the lower stop. That movement is the part that does the damage, because you are working the bait through the same zone as your falling loosefeed, and you can adjust in minutes until you are dropping right through feeding fish.
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Change depth if bites slow
The key is following the fish. They rarely sit at one depth all day. If bites slow, do not assume they have switched off. Adjusting the depth can soon find the fish again. If you want the bait to fall deeper, move the top stop further away from the float so the float can rise higher and the rig fishes deeper. If you want to fish shallower, bring the top stop closer to the float.
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