I had a tour of the new facilities of Gopher tackle yesterday.  They have and are using the original equipment and molds.  The new owners are very enthusiastic about their new venture.  YES, THEY ARE MOLDING THE "BIG JOHN" JIG HEAD!

 

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Nice to hear ! *A lot of people get turned off of the Ned Rig because in a number of cases they are using too much weight and too large of a hook in the Ned Head . I have some original gopher head jig heads in #4 and #2 hook sizes with 1/16th oz. weights . I don't think I have been hung up yet with the #4 hook and 1/16th oz. gopher jig head with a small TRD . The trade off is that a large spotted bass or small mouth would need to be played more carefully if you downsize to a #4 hook size in a Ned jig head . I'll have to give the new gopher folks a look - when the original owners disappeared I shifted over to the Siebert Outdoors Morel Midwest finesse jig head with the Owner #1 hook size and that has worked out real well 

I actually just read this a while back and thought about checking it out next time I'm up visiting my parents.