On 1/17/2020 at 8:55 AM, RemyL said:

I haven't tried them yet, but I got some Keitech Swing Impact 3" trailers last night and they LOOK like just the ticket for what OP describes. Big enough to interest a bass but small enough to also attract larger pan fish. Easy to use on a small jig head.

Saying 3" doesn't do them justice, they're pretty slim too, a good fit for smaller jigs. I hope the tail works as nicely as it looks. I'm just rolling back into things from a long time away but I grew up doing mostly jig/grub fishing for panfish and would have LOVED something like these to attract the larger stuff along with any walleye in the area. I have to guess that it will work well on bass too.

They get bit like crazy but they are heartrendingly fragile.  I use the 3" Easy Shiners as a DS plastic and I think they hold up a lot better then the 3" Swing Impacts.

good to know. I'll stick to finer hooks and less bulky retainers. If a fish beats them up directly I'm ok with that, but having my hardware destroy something is worth avoiding. They do look fragile but so do a lot of the newer plastics, I'm used to the old stuff that was pretty firm and was more rubbery than life like.

On 1/13/2020 at 5:32 PM, WRB said:

Everyone thinks of curl tail grubs and over looks hand poured 3" Reapers* and paddle tail* grubs on 1/8 ball head jigs or split shot rigged.

Today the most popular "grub" is the Ned Rig.

Tom

* Don Iovino Products available at TW.

For a swimming grub would you rig it sideways?

40 minutes ago, GoneFishingLTN said:

For a swimming grub would you rig it sideways?

I rig all flat bottom hand pours flat side up for better glide movements. If you want faster moving grub use single ribbon or double tails.

Tom

Grubs are grubs in my opinion.  The tails on most single tail grubs have pretty much just as much action on all the models offered by most brands.  So like tubes I tend to not really wish to spend money on big brand names.

 

Big Bites Finesse grubs and Zoom Fat Alberts are cheap and cast just as many fish as models from Yamamoto and Strike King.

Charlie Brewer’s makes some really quality grubs in some interesting colors.

 

For a twin tail I like the rage menace. Very versatile design with nice action