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I could never find a ready made jig assist hook that fit my jigs the way I like it, so I made up a bunch for myself.

Many of the blokes who fish with me started to ask me to make some for them, so I decided to make this step by step pictorial guide in hopes it may help others DIY their own too.

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HTH,

Just use multi-strand flexible wire(regular plastic coated seven strand works well) and hooks of your choice, tie simple snell to hook, then use a crimp to form a loop at the other end, you now have a tooth proof assist hook, you can vary the wire/hooks/length to suit any lure.

mako wrote:Just use multi-strand flexible wire(regular plastic coated seven strand works well) and hooks of your choice, tie simple snell to hook, then use a crimp to form a loop at the other end, you now have a tooth proof assist hook, you can vary the wire/hooks/length to suit any lure.

That's a good idea. but wires may be too heavy for micro jigs (3-5cm jigs).

I refrain from using wires as the waters I fish at have not a tenth as much fish as that of Australia. And the fish here have become very wary of lures. So using wire means a futile day jigging while all the others around are pulling in fish.

That's why I use only PE or Kevlar chord for the assist hooks, even though wire reinforced Kevlar chords have been available.

Hope that explains why wire is shunned in Micro Jig assist hooks.

LL

LLCC, have you tried flourocarbon or just clear mono, caught a heap of small pelagics doing this, quite stiff compared to PE or kevlar chord, the hook stands out further from the lure, but the fish were eager to jump on the hook, its almost invisible and the hook up rates were phenomenal with a fish every cast. Lures can be as small as only a few grams.

Yes, we do use Fluorocarbon too.

Im sorry that the links to the images in this post are lost.

Here's where the relinked images can be found with the article:

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Hope that Helps,

LL

I have bought multi strand wire assist hooks for knife jigs and found Macs bite straight through them. So I resorted to tying my own with single strand, using haywire twists.

I would love to know where to buy Mac proof assists though, because tying haywire twists is a pain in the arse! (And fingers!

scottmac wrote:I have bought multi strand wire assist hooks for knife jigs and found Macs bite straight through them. So I resorted to tying my own with single strand, using haywire twists.

I would love to know where to buy Mac proof assists though, because tying haywire twists is a pain in the arse! (And fingers!

I refrain from using wire for my assist or leader as the mackerel we have here are extremely wire shy. Even using a strand of coffee coloured NiTi leader will cause the already rare bite rate to drop to near none.

However, if we encounter a mackerel feeding frenzy, we usually change out the assist hooks to a single treble linked by split ring to a barrel swivel and attached to the nose of the jig with another split ring. And the leader is tipped with a 4" strand of NiTi wire and the whole jig is tied directly to the NiTi tippet.

HTH,

LL

scottmac wrote:I have bought multi strand wire assist hooks for knife jigs and found Macs bite straight through them. So I resorted to tying my own with single strand, using haywire twists.

I would love to know where to buy Mac proof assists though, because tying haywire twists is a pain in the arse! (And fingers!

I have shelved the haywire twists and only do barrel rolls now (it wont come undone). And since I have started to put the loop end in a pair of pliers to hold, there is no stress on the fingers at all

Never seen a barrel roll. Might have to look it up

Doesn't seem to matter what you do, there is always a reason to use something different, and different days get different results as well depending on water colour and cloud cover, I have them rigged with all sorts, it's amazing How much difference it can make changing to the same lure with a different hook attachment, wire, Kevlar or poly.

But the jacks still get Em whatever you do sometimes, even with a length of wire at the top

Always have fun though, and never know exactly what's gonna eat them, whether you have a dead weight or have to hang on hard when you drop them down, that's the exciting part

Those jig hooks look greatLLCC thanks for sharing

Agent86 wrote: Doesn't seem to matter what you do, there is always a reason to use something different, and different days get different results as well depending on water colour and cloud cover, I have them rigged with all sorts, it's amazing How much difference it can make changing to the same lure with a different hook attachment, wire, Kevlar or poly.

But the jacks still get Em whatever you do sometimes, even with a length of wire at the top

Always have fun though, and never know exactly what's gonna eat them, whether you have a dead weight or have to hang on hard when you drop them down, that's the exciting part

Those jig hooks look greatLLCC thanks for sharing

Glad you liked it!

yep no worries LLCC
was supposed to be Macks still get them not jacks,
the toothy critters can bite through anything...lol

When the Macks get really busy I have taken to using two split rings and a strong barrel swivel between them to connect the assist hook.

scottmac wrote:Never seen a barrel roll. Might have to look it up

Its just the end part of a haywire twist. Dont get me wrong, if you had to put some real hurt on a big fish with just doing the rolls (without the twists) the loop will tighten. But that has never happened to me yet catching your average 10kg macks