Many people bobber fish. Some people use a jig under the bobber and others use eggs. Has anyone ever tied the jig on using an egg loop not and then put a cluster of eggs just above the jig head. This may be a corny idea but just wondering. Also the eggs may milk onto the marabou and not allow it the appropriate action just as if you put scent on the marabou. Anyway wondering if anyone does this?

Sounds like it might work, however, goey eggs and similar baits can foul up maribou and rabbit fur. You would probably be better off using a yarn tail jig and putting the egg cluster on the hook which would be very similar to a corky, yarn and eggs. That setup will also be presented at a different angle under the float than it would be if it was drift fished.

I think I seen on Mark's (First Cast) site that those schlappen jigs wont get damaged by scent, so they might not get damaged by gooey eggs, either?

I'm trying to figure out how one would tie an egg loop onto a jig head??? Perhaps fishing the eggs on a plain colored jig head or with a yarn tail as the kid said. Or maybe securing the eggs above the jig with a rubberband? I've fished shrimp tails on maribou jigs with a lot of success. I made the mistake of putting scent on maribou once.....not pretty!!

I remember when I was a real little guy, we'd go fishing at the river and I always wanted to use a bobber.
Everyone laughed and said you can only use them in lakes.
Goes to show you that it never hurts to try something new.
Now everyone is doing it. LOL

lt,

I've tried putting small firm egg clusters on non-feathered jighead hooks to float fish just as I would a regular jig. I've caught 2 steelhead doing this, and I haven't done it much; so it has good potential. What I found as keys were a firm cluster and moderate current. If the eggs aren't tight and/or the water is faster riffles it doesn't work. But >

This has plenty of potential. If one could find an easy and effective way to attach egg clusters to the shank of a jighead hook you get the advantage over the standard egg float fishing rigup of having all the slack pulled out of the line from the float to the bait/hook; because the weight is right there in the jighead. Thus you get immediate strike indication. With the lead and leader method there can be a slight delay in the float strike detection and hook set timing. And that can make the difference sometimes. >

Perhaps the red stretchy thread used for tying filets on Kwikies can tie on the eggs. Maybe trying those really small dental type rubber bands would work, and be easier and quicker to change clusters. Maybe you can come up with a cinchable egg loop on a jighead hook somehow. If you do, let us know how it works out. I bet it will be a winner!

RT

A no-brainer....The east coast and mid-west guys have been doing it for decades.....Just use "spawn sacks"; i.e., eggs tied up in netting. Works like a charm.

Right on Thump. Sometimes the most obvious solutions can be elusive. I didn't even give a thought to red mesh netting for eggs instead of red thread wrapping them on a jig hook. Thanks!

Sinker, your story brings me back to one that my brother tells. While fishing the Nisqually about 15 to 16 years ago everybody was busting hard on a guy who was tossing a bobber and jig. They were calling him a sissy and probably worse.

That guy had his limit and the last laugh shortly after arriving. I bet a few light bulbs went off that day!

FJ...out.

A couple of us did good this weekend over in Wisconsin using jigs tipped with small spawn sacks. This is a very common way of fishing jigs in the Mid West, and has been going on for many years. Other baits to tip jigs with are calamari tentacles, raw cocktail shrimp, and maggots. A little trick you want to remember, is to tie up a very small sack. 5 to 8 steelhead eggs max. If you go heavier, you will have a hard time keeping the jig perpendicular, and it will look like it is riding a wheelie through the run. The sack is basically on the jig for no other reason than scent, and slight visual appeal.

We also do really well by adding a dropper fly tipped with a wax worm, or another small span sack on a size 6 hook. This way you have a jig at a certain depth, and a spawn sack or fly that is basically free drifting down the river and covering a pre-determined zone in the water column that is dictated by the dropper length.

Hope this helps. By the way, I posted a few digi pics of some fish we got this weekend on jig/fly combo. Enjoy

I guess I am new to the board,even though I have been lurking for a couple months,
and I have used this idea or tech. several times. I use the jig head and hook and put a cluster of eggs on the hook with a small rubber band., works awsome in low clear water.