07-29-2008, 08:58 PM
Tronner -
if I'm following what you're saying you purchased regular round jig heads that you're using for both panfish tubes and grubs, yeah?
if so, consider just using those jigheads for the grubs only. I'd focus on weights between 1/64th oz. and 1/8th oz. for panfish and use as small a curly tail grub as you can - reason being that panfish are so attracted to the tail that often they strike just it and rip it off the grub.
the small panfish tubes work very well, but they're better with jigheads designed for them. these jig heads will fit inside the tube and are recognized by a conical lead weight, as opposed to the round one. just wet the tube jig head with saliva or water and slip it up into the tube. where you choose to stop it and poke the hook eye out is up to you - all the way up will cause it to fall more vertically with a pronounced spiral as it falls, whereas stopping it midway down the tube and poking the hook eye out will cause it to fall more horizontally and flutter a bit more with less spiral.
hope all this helps, and one more thing. you can also rig tubes texas style and weedless by using a bullet style sinker ahead of the tube. it's hard to find small bullet sinkers for panfish tubes, though, so I'd recommend buying some Hollow core lead, steel or whatever metal you prefer. then you can cut a piece off the hollow core that is small and unobtrusive looking. once you cut the piece off - take your snips and cut along the top of the weight to make it a conical shape that slips through cover better. if you find burrs in the metal that you feel will cut against the line you can remove them with a file, sandpaper or whatever.
sorry for the rambling. g'luck!
[signature]
if I'm following what you're saying you purchased regular round jig heads that you're using for both panfish tubes and grubs, yeah?
if so, consider just using those jigheads for the grubs only. I'd focus on weights between 1/64th oz. and 1/8th oz. for panfish and use as small a curly tail grub as you can - reason being that panfish are so attracted to the tail that often they strike just it and rip it off the grub.
the small panfish tubes work very well, but they're better with jigheads designed for them. these jig heads will fit inside the tube and are recognized by a conical lead weight, as opposed to the round one. just wet the tube jig head with saliva or water and slip it up into the tube. where you choose to stop it and poke the hook eye out is up to you - all the way up will cause it to fall more vertically with a pronounced spiral as it falls, whereas stopping it midway down the tube and poking the hook eye out will cause it to fall more horizontally and flutter a bit more with less spiral.
hope all this helps, and one more thing. you can also rig tubes texas style and weedless by using a bullet style sinker ahead of the tube. it's hard to find small bullet sinkers for panfish tubes, though, so I'd recommend buying some Hollow core lead, steel or whatever metal you prefer. then you can cut a piece off the hollow core that is small and unobtrusive looking. once you cut the piece off - take your snips and cut along the top of the weight to make it a conical shape that slips through cover better. if you find burrs in the metal that you feel will cut against the line you can remove them with a file, sandpaper or whatever.
sorry for the rambling. g'luck!
[signature]