What are your top 3 jigs?

- Kaveman Micro Ridgeback Orange Lumo (30g)

- Edge Free Fall Jigs Orange Tiger (60g)

- Kaveman Jedai Orange (80g)

In no particular order, it very much depends on the depth of the water and mood of the fish. I have all of those lures in different sizes, but since it is a top 3 list, those are my choices. I catch 99% of my fish with these lures.

The Micro Ridgebacks are dynamite in water to 20 metres. I mainly use them in summer when the fish come in shallow over sand. Cast and work them like a soft bait. 

The Edge jigs are good in deeper water where the fish are actively chasing bait. I fish them vertically. The Jedai jigs come out when the fish are lazier or not really on the bite. Also fished vertically with a very slow retrieve. 

2. Some weird $10 300g cuttlefish-style jig that has somehow survived the Wellington Razor Gang for over a year

3. Zest Curved Slider silver 300g

2. Deepliner CX

3. anything else except a kabura or inchiku!

I have probably used every type of jig that has been produced for the last 10-15 years

My personal favourites are micro jigs, slow pitch and inchikus. Kabura sliders are my least favourite but they do work well.

Lumo stripes do work awesome BUT some days they are next to hopeless so pays to have both with lumo and without. Could save a skunking

1. Any micro jig model in Red Lumo colour( this is my standout colour for our area) Favourite model at present is micro Hornet(wouldnt leave shore without a few)

2. Any slow pitch jig that has lots of flutter, especially in Orange colour

3. Inchiku in Orange or Blue

I've been rigging mine recently in a manner that allows clipping them on and off; I note that some Kaburas come with a short length of kevlar through the head (Catch springs to mind)... both of these ways of rigging do not allow the head to slide up the mainline. I guess my question here is.... does it actually need to? I don't think I've ever had a bite on the drop with Kabura other than in a school of actively feeding Kahawai - when I'm actually fishing it, the head is hard up on the skirt arrangement anyway.

Don't know the answer to that Rozboon. I agree though, on the retrieve, the weight will be up against the assist hooks. 

A nice marketing video, this is discussed at 4:20.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsCUytjbgwY&t=105s" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsCUytjbgwY&t=105s

See this just compounds it for me... he's like "ahh yes the slider slides and that's how the magic happens".

Something about deploying the "fly" (skirt etc) deep? I suspect the fish are biting at the head as much as the skirt itself. 

A reasonable test would be to deploy some of those Black Magic Snapper Snacks, which are basically a Kabura skirt without the head made into a ledger rig, unbaited, and see if they catch much?

I was the first to bring kaburas into NZ about 2 years before OA, my first model was very similar to Catch's present one. Short length of assist cord with head that could only slideup to the solid ring which you tied leader too.

Some of my original clients, liked this model better.

Sliding head brings its own problems, namely scuffing of leader if no insert (OA) and any friction/ rubbing on the braid if head passes over the braid to leader knot.

Braid does not like abrasion and is a lot more expensive than leader so pays to keep an eye on your bottom 3-4m of braid. Kaburas arent cheap unless you buy mine.  lol

Kandrew wrote: Also interesting to see on this thread that some people are using long rods 8.5 foot. What’s length rods are most guys using.

For micros and softbaits , i use a 8'2" rod that i developed, wicked for casting and 2 piece so good for transporting

Takes a bit of getting used to if fishing solo when netting fish but would go back to a short rod now

Fishing inchikus and sliders, we have a 6'6" model