I'm going wading for smallmouth tomorrow at a local river (rappahannock) and I was wondering if you guys think the fish will bite on a yamamoto double tail grub with a shaky head hook.. Any input?

They probably will....as long as they're brown.

Use shakey head jigs that are between 1/8 and 1/4oz.

Take some shakey head finesse worms to try as well as some flukes and maybe some tubes--just make sure you have all of them in some sort of green pumpkin color.

I use it for bed fishing

a slow fall and hop it in place works wonders

never used it other than that but it will work

If you are wading and using a curly tailed grub for river fishing, why do you want to use a shakey head jig? I'm assuming you will be fishing current of some kind and the very nature of the grub is to be moving, in order to get the tail action. That being said, a plain ball head jig is more practical, in my opinion.

But I'm sure the shakey head would work too. I just don't think it's needed. It's basic design is for creeping along the bottom at a slow pace in non-current waters. And if you employ that techinique with a curly tailed grub, I don't think you're not going to get much of the inherently designed action.

If you are fishing in slack waters where the shakey technique can be used, then I think a straight tailed, floating type worm might prove more effective. Just a thought.

First, thanks for all the responses.

Secondly my goal was to use the shakey finesse worm in combination with the shakey jig head, but my wife was at dicks one night and asked if I needed anything. I said "get some shakey head hooks, and finesse worms"

She got the hooks.