Legacy Tackle Jig Guide
Welcome to the Legacy Tackle Jig Guide. Here you can find finer details about our jigs so that you can fish it to its maximum potential. Stay tuned for more information as our business grows.
Rigging The Worm
The LT GOLD & DLUX can be fished in many ways. Horizontal , verticle, under a bobber, swim it and all of the above.
However these jigs were designed to be fished parallel to the ground. We found that the best knot for our jigs is the Palomar Knot for its secure hold on the eye of the hook. This allows further control to orient the jig in horizontal position. If you'd like more movement, the Loop Knot is recommended for a more accurate swim.
Pierce about 1.5" of worm onto the hook at the cut end. These jigs are specifically designed for the worm to be applied onto the hook at the cut end. Feed the worm around the bend and up over the bait-holder and up to the head of the jig, like a plastic swim bait. Pin the worm so that you fully pierce the skin of the worm. Give it a slight tug to set the worm on the pin proper. You're ready to go!
Best Catches
Jig Design Features
We select the materials for our jigs carefully. Overtime, we've tested materials and have landed on what we believe to be the right stuff for the particular style of fishing the jig is designed for. At times , we've found that what we thought to be a deficiency or design flaws, actually turned out to be advantages on the water.
Hook Selection
For our LT-GOLD and LT-DLUX models we use quality #4 and #6 size, Eagle Claw and Mustad Jig Hooks. We believe this to be an optimal size and a very functional hook for panfish style of fishing. We also find this hook to be versatile in the fact that when it snags, most often you'll be able to pull it out and save the jig for many more casts. Simply bend the hook back into position and keep fishing. This jig will land a bigger-than-usual fish for its intended design, just make sure to adjust your drag accordingly!
Bait-Keeper
Our bait-holders are made of quality stainless steel for maximum durability and bait-holding. We are proud to now feature keepers manufactured right here in the USA by Springfield Spring & Stamping. On new models we still hand-bend all keepers until it's tried and trued to send to Springfield for mass production. We try to make the bait-holder a little longer to accommodate worms of varying size, but feel free to trim the bait-holder with snips to desired length for whatever bait you are using. You'll find that not much is needed to keep the worm secure. This jig is highly specialized and intended for worms or night crawlers, but can be fished with soft-plastics in a pinch. We like to trim down the bait-holder for soft plastics, a custom trim for different types of soft plastics. Be aware that this bait-keeper barb is aggressive for some soft plastics. For baby shad trim it way down.
Weight
Our jig weights are made with Lead-Free Bismuth Alloy. It's our mission to do whatever we can to minimize our impact to our natural world, the water and the fish. Bismuth helps us toward that goal by providing substantial weight similar to lead but without the toxicity. We also believe the shiny finish is perfect for not only the fish but for custom paint application. We would love to see some custom paint jobs!
Paint
We try our best to clean up jigs before we send them out to you. This business is growing and we make a lot of jigs, we are bound to miss a few here and there! We try to make sure the eye is poked out before cure and usually it will stay like that throughout the cure. However, at times the powder paint runs and will glaze the eye and indeed run down and partially cover the worm keeper. Even still we do our best to inspect the eye and poke it out. It’s important to know that these jigs are currently painted one by one, and it’s a process that we always trying to improve and make more efficient.
The worm keeper will sometimes gets a bit painted over but we hesitate to clean that as there is potential to mess with the paint on the body. When that happens it’s a serious set back in production and the time we are able to get your jigs in the mail. We have found that it’s really easy to get the paint off with a pair of nail clippers and always keep them in the tacklebox for line clipping and paint. It’s a great tool for fishing. Pliers will do a decent job as well. For the worm keeper, that is a straight pin and paint comes off that super easy and exposes the barb as it should be. Even a quick touch with a knife breaks off the paint real nice. Definitely hit that up to get the most out of that worm keeper, particularly on the the glitter jigs. You’ll notice when cleaned, the barb is serious.
Line Setup
Fishing LT jigs with any line appropriate for the targeted fish is no problem. In most situations, we fish with braided line with 2 or more feet of 4-6lb monofilament or fluorocarbon leader tied straight to the Legacy Tackle Custom jig. The braided line allows one to feel the slightest of bites while the leader increases the natural presentation, and gives you half-a-chance to save the jig from toothy fish like pickerel.
Another good way to fish LT Jigs is under a bobber. We've found that a slip bobber rig is the most versatile and allows you to effectively fish at depth with a float. We add a small coastlock swivel at the bottom of the main line and then 2' or more of monofilament or fluorocarbon leader to jig.
Methods
Method 1: Drop it to the bottom and come up a few inches. Get jiggy with it or dead stick it.
Method 2: Cast out & let fall to desired depth. Reel in. Low and slow is the tempo.
Method 3: Under a bobber at the appropriate depth for the situation.