Most of the lakes in the area (where Ned lives), have grass in them. You fish a Ned over the tops of the grass and around the edges, it never sinks to the bottom or into the grass. This could mean 6' below the surface, it could be 6" below. No amount of "weedless" jigheads are going to keep you from catching weeds with them if it's allowed to sink into the weeds. 

I don't know about the Neko rig, a very different rig from the Ned rig and not one I've fished much. 

8 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Most of the lakes in the area (where Ned lives), have grass in them. You fish a Ned over the tops of the grass and around the edges, it never sinks to the bottom or into the grass. This could mean 6' below the surface, it could be 6" below. No amount of "weedless" jigheads are going to keep you from catching weeds with them if it's allowed to sink into the weeds. 

I don't know about the Neko rig, a very different rig from the Ned rig and not one I've fished much. 

I have yet to try the ned rig. I was under the impression it was a bottom contact finesse technique? Is it more of a horizontal slow moving retrieve?

2 minutes ago, Fish4bigfish said:

I have yet to try the ned rig. I was under the impression it was a bottom contact finesse technique? Is it more of a horizontal slow moving retrieve?

It can be fished on the bottom.

I live very near where Ned lives in NE Kansas. A majority of our lakes have weeds and/or zebra mussels, both of which make bottom contact baits impossible to fish. I generally fish them with a slow retrieve that Ned refers to as the "Swim-Shake-Glide", retrieve that keeps the bait just off the bottom. I've had very good days fishing it very quickly just below the surface as well though. 

I have been gluing a TRD to the back of a 1/16 oz bitsy bug jig to male the head more streamlined for weeds.I use this combo at a highly pressured forest preserve lake close to my house. I've caught bass up to six pounds on this combo while routinely out fishing droves of senko fishermen.