Jig heads with bibs

[Monkey]

I was in Big-W today buying jig heads and i saw a packet of pre rigged soft plastics and i noticed that the jig heads had little rubber bibs:confused: :confused: .

What do you guys think of this???


Cheers

[crs]

monkey? imagine a unweighted sp with a diving capability, a sort of hb cross plastic much like wat you saw but no weight.
the mind boggls .its a winner i reckon
chris.

[Rdavison]

My god sounds awesome it would look AND feel so natural.Mmmmm. Gotta pick up some of those fellas!:eek:

[Ravin]

Years ago there were SP's around called Scroungers that had that set up. They designed like that to stir up plenty of bottom & have a bit more action. They were very effective on flatties & we used to get a few bream too but back then flatties were the target. Some guys used to target jewfish with the large versions of them that weighed about 3 ounces. They were pretty effective on the Jews as well. Showing my age now :rolleyes: :p That was back in about 1980 or so :p

[bubba]

The 3 Ounce scroungers are what I used to chase jewies in the Coorong with many many years ago (late 80's from memory)
They were incredibly effective.
I was looking through my tacklebox the other weekend and found quite a few of them

[crs]

bubba are the bibs on the weight or on the plastic
thanks from chris

[hawkokm]

They are on the weight Chris.

[Rdavison]

It's gonna be interesting testing different tail types with these jig heads!

Riley

[pw-bream]

Ravin,

You're not the only one, I remember Scroungers too :-)

[MATTY]

this is off a bass site in u.s supposed to be an eel but looks pretty
freaky,hard body and soft tail

[Rayman]

Japanese Lure Manufaturer
jackall

Soft Plastic Vibration Lure

[Rayman]

Japanese Lure Manufaturer
jackall

Soft Plastic Vibration Lure
Front half hard plastic
tail soft plastic

[Rayman]

Another Pic

[Rayman]

Still from jackall
minnow type

(2 bad they don't come in smaller sizes)

[Rayman]

This is a jig made by waterland (japanese again)
it sinks like a normal jig
but the bib makes it wobble and roll just like a HB, except it swims towards the surface

[Rayman]

Blackand Gold colour version

[crs]

excellent pictures people keep em commin.
can anyone give me a hook with abib on it?

[fatman]

The ones you saw in BigW are Scroungers, I use them heaps. I have them from 1/8 oz up to 1oz. I think they are made by Sabre (the same mob that do Mr Twisters), I can find out if anyone is interested.

FATMAN

[Dave W]

They are definitely Scroungers in Big-W, and they've been around for a long, long time (almost as long as Ravin :D ).

There used to be another company that did them in Aus as well, but I can't remember the name, also, who remembers the original Flopy's, they were a hard bodied shaped soft lure.... I'm a bit lucky in that my old man has 3 different colours of each of the 3 original Flopy sizes still in their boxes unused, he won't even let me touch the open ones (4).

I think the last time they got a run was on the upper Snowy River in about 1982, and I caught Trout on them.

[pw-bream]

Dave,

I've owned and used Flopy lures. The early ones were made of hard rubber, the later one were plastic. They had an adjustable bib too.
They were made by a French company called Rublex I think.

[Ravin]

Floppies were a top lure & if I remember right the bib was adjustable? I think it was them we used to put the bib down vertical & use them as surface lures when chasing bass. May be wrong the old brain cells aren't so good these days. :D Better go polish me walking stick, get me teeth out of the glass & rinse the hair piece :D then soak me catgut & cuttyhunk fishing lines :D :D

[hawkokm]

Rubber Flopeys in the small size were the number 1 Bream lure back in the 70's. As Ravin says they had 2 bib positions, one as a diving lure the other as a surface or sub-surface lure.

Their only draw back was after a few bream the rubber plug used to leak or pop right out on big bream. They were also prone to punctures from the Bream's teeth.

Kevin

[Rdavison]

Any one manufacture lures following this tradition?? Sounds like a great lure, if it was that good surely it would still be effective now and im suprised it hasn't been reinvented??

[bubble]

Rio's (of Rio's Prawn fame) now makes a bibbed plastic that are said to be dynamite on Bream. When I find a picture I will post it.....

[bubble]

I found the advert:

Tiny Terra 2g, 45mm. Live Contact Series. "Designed with a slow natural sink rate.
The Tiny Terra is coated with a Hi Tech scented durable polymer rubber which gives the lure a life like feel and also aids in the prevention of chrome delamination."

Also make a rubber lipped popper.

No web site I'm afraid....100% Oz made.

Bubble

[Dave W]

As luck would have it, I just happened to have one in the tackle box..... :D