has anyone tried this w a big heavy weight and tiny size 8 or 10 hook to pick off trout in strong shallow river current?

I haven't but couldn't you do a drop shot and accomplish the same thing?

yes, but that seems true of most tokyo rig applications?

5 minutes ago, dstrauss13 said:

yes, but that seems true of most tokyo rig applications?

Exactly, a solution to a problem that didn't exist. Why I've never bought any Tokyo rigs. 

ok, that’s cool for you. i am asking if anyone has tried a tokyo rig for this application. if so, i would love to here thoughts abt how well it did or did not work.

I'm not a shallow river guy - the vast majority of my fishing experiences happen in small to medium sized Mo.  conservation lakes and reservoirs.    But, I'm a fishing "enthusiast" who's on-line and I've read and watched quite a bit of stuff about how & where to fish for all different kinds of fish.   And I have opinions & notions.  "  Seems to me that "How long of a leader" & " How much of a big heavy weight" are totally fair questions?  So is " What does this have to do with a Tokyo rig"?  There are so many different "rig" that might or might not work in this  shallow river scenario that who's to know where to start naming them.  OK - I will start . . .

 

I'm pretty sure that you could rig some variation of a Carolina rig, with appropriate rod & reel & line & hook & bait,  that might/probably/ maybe -  catch a trout in strong river current.   Fly gear?    Spinning gear?    Baitcasting Finesse gear?  High-Tech cane pole?     I remember reading something about " drift fishing", either in an old Fishing Facts magazine or early In-Fisherman,  where guys  fishing in strong rivers in Canada, for a variety of species,  mostly walleyes & trout & smallmouth & other fish.  

 

Anyway - seems like an interesting fishing situation to "tackle".     

Personally, I’ve never tried it and I don’t think I would. In my experience, trout rarely eat anything off of the bottom. Your lure needs to be relatively high in the water column in order for them to eat it, and a jika rig just doesn’t suspend the bait high enough in the water for trout to notice it. If you’re going for stockers, however, it might be worth giving a shot with powerbait on the hook, but even then, I’d go with a dropshot or spilt shot rig