Gamakatsu ROUND 211 ?

[Hooked]

What applications do you guys and girls think these jigs are best suited to. Examples of what you use them for would be great ...l plan to give them a go on my bass minnows. lm currently using Nitros in the bullet profile for this job...Cheers Steve

[sam]

Steve I use them on everything from bass minnows and eyeball tails to 2' grubs. Never had any probs hooking up, but I do like the action you get when using nitros on the bass minnows.
sam

[Dror]

Steve this is just my personal opinion but I feel they are too short for use with Bass Minnows. You will tend to get a lot of short takes with them. Having said that some people have good success using them with the bass minnows but personally I only use them for 2" grubs. They work really well for this aplication. My favourite jig for bass minnows is an Envirojig 1/16 size 2 in the darter head. They give them a great action and the hookup rate is good.

Cheers, Dror

[Brad Y]

Steve, i use finesse jigs the squidgy ones for bass minnows as they suit the head of the minnow really well.

I used to use gama 211's but they only hting that put me off them was the fact you get five in a pack and are expensive. Too expensive to go losing ten or so a day in the blackwood.

They are good though for sure and recommend them for 2" grubs and most other placcies.

[sam]

Steve don't listen to Dror, he never catches any fish .
Just kidd'n. The Envirojigs are bloody good, and they're eaier to find than the nitros.
Sam

[Piscineidiot]

If you're using nitros already, stick with them, the round heads for the gamakatsu 211's won't give them as much action and don't really fit the profile of a minnow half as well either. Besides, I'm fairly sure nitro use gamakatsu hooks for most of their jigheads, so you're not compromising anything.

[Hooked]

Well done guys .. love the freedom of information here, its what sets Breamaster apart from all others...forums are my best friend lol

[Bream Addict]

stick with nitros, or other bullet/darter styels for bass minnows 211 are good for grubs etc

[Becker_11]

I think this thread has just given me the answer for which jigs to use with the e3 grubs ..... being so tiny they almost need a size 6 squidgy jig although size 4 will work, these gama 211's being so short in the shank should be perfect ......

Nathaniel

[Bream Addict]

nathaniel, on most of my small sps (including e3s) i use squidgey 1g#6,they work fine on the e3s,jmo.

[NIZ]

these gama 211's being so short in the shank should be perfect

The only problem I have found with them is that they are considerably weaker than normal jigheads and tend to straighten alot easier. I think this is due to the short shank and the extra pressure placed on the curve. The heated lead probably also causes it to weaken closer to the curve aswell.

[Matrix]

Funny that u should mention that the 211's are weaker, cos a few days ago I gave one of my 211's to mate and he got positively ripped, 30-40% drag was being torn out and then *poof*, bye bye fish and in comes a straightened hook.

To be fair tho, I think this was more a case of a bad hookup on the wrong spot of the fish's mouth(whatever it was), cos the 211s have never been a problem for me. I have a heap of Nitros but I prefer the 211s when I'm using small SPs like Hawgs and grubs. Anyway, jmo.

BTW, did u know that ur post on the 211, was ur 211st post?

Matt

[NIZ]

BTW, did u know that ur post on the 211, was ur 211st post?

Haha how strange is that You should test the 211's on a snag and compare them with other jigs. I think you will find they are alot weaker. I try to use normal jigheads now when I'm fishing tight country.