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Do you guys glue your kietecs to the ball head.

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It’s pretty annoying that after only a few casts/fish they won’t stay up anymore. What do you guys do. 

Buy the Matt Allen dirty jigs swimbait heads with the keepers

Yes I do. And then when they get wore out I take em home glue them back together and use them again. They're generally shot after that. 

12 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I pour jigheads for them with wire keepers. 

Ditto.

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On 7/22/2019 at 11:55 PM, Bluebasser86 said:

I pour jigheads for them with wire keepers. 

I don't pour but I definitely prefer jogheads with wire keepers. 

On 7/22/2019 at 3:54 PM, ohboyitsrobby said:

And then when they get wore out I take em home glue them back together and use them again.

The bait has to be rigged correctly the first time if you didn't want to ruin the bait. I assume this holds true for other heads as well. Since I can be rigging challenged at times the glue thing seems to be an answer to my mistakes.

What glue can you use, Super Glue?

I use gorilla glue. Because that's what I have handy. Usually they tear down the back where the hook comes out and the nose. I just glue the tear shut. Then glue it back on the head I'm using. Does it lose a little action and feel not quite as soft? Yeah. Is it enough to cost me fish and make it not worth it? No. 

On 7/24/2019 at 11:19 AM, MassYak85 said:

I don't pour but I definitely prefer jogheads with wire keepers. 

I've had the opposite experience.  My VMC jigs with single wire keeper destroy the heads of the baits.  I like the strike king squadron jigs the best.  Haven't tried gluing yet but I will

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13 hours ago, Allen Der said:

I've had the opposite experience.  My VMC jigs with single wire keeper destroy the heads of the baits.  I like the strike king squadron jigs the best.  Haven't tried gluing yet but I will

They do destroy them more than the other types but I've found the others will just slide off without glue. 

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Here's the fix for that:

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4 hours ago, J Francho said:

Here's the fix for that:

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That’s so simple I would have never thought of it. 

Yes....super glue works great.

 

if you want to rely on a baitkeeper from a jig head,  then take the skirt off a swim jig and use the skirt cone as a bait keeper.  Then use super glue on that also.

 

but super glue works better than any baitkeeper or bait keeping trick there is.  Super glue protects the bait best

I fish mine on an EWG, point "texposed" and a slip sinker.  Too much grass for an exposed hook.

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