What the Ned Rig Mimics 2024
Kevin22 reply :
Was watching a show on youtube and the host kept saying the ned rig imitates a dead worm perfectly...
TO ME. The ned rig mimics a DRAGON FLY LARVAE perfectly.
I catch quite a few bass slip bobber fishing for walleye during the summer months, unfortuantely with walleye you have to let them "take the bait" when fishing leeches so when a bass hits instead of an eye they can get gut hooked easily. Quite a few years ago I started noticing a common forage in the stomachs of these accidental bass catches.. dragon fly nymphs. Bass (and all species) LOVE them. Now, since most of you are looking at this going "no.. it looks like a worm or a minnow", hop on youtube and look up some underwater footage of how dragonfly nymphs move on the bottom. Its a ned rig.
Raul reply :
I can tell you what it mimics -----> it mimics food, doesn´t matter which kind of food.
Overcomplicating things. 
BrianinMD reply :
What Raul said.....
Avalonjohn44 reply :
Could be that, or a dying minnow too.
IndianaFinesse reply :
It kinda looks like anything and everything.
Here's a good quote from the late great Tony Dean (courtesy of T-9). "If you've come around to realize that the exact imitation isn't nearly as important as coming up with something that kinda looks like the real thing and put it where it should go, you've pretty much figured out what it takes to be called a good fisherman."
gardnerjigman reply :
The Ned was meant to mimic a small crawfish flipping away.
Team9nine reply :
LOL, and the winner is.....
Ned has stated all of these as possible items at some point, but the majority of the time, you'll find his answer as the following:
"Most of our lure presentations are focused upon replicating invertebrates," (such as crayfish and immature aquatic insects).
But I agree with Raul and IndianaFinesse, don't overthink it. There are 6 retrieves in Midwest Finesse that can easily replicate anything and everything.
-T9
Raul reply :
On 4/7/2016 at 6:09 AM, IndianaFinesse said:It kinda looks like anything and everything.
Here's a good quote from the late great Tony Dean. "If you've come around to realize that the exact imitation isn't nearly as important as coming up with something that kinda looks like the real thing and put it where it should go, you've pretty much figured out what it takes to be called a good fisherman."
Now that's a really very smart quote.
Team9nine reply :
On 4/7/2016 at 9:25 AM, Raul said:Now that's a really very smart quote.
LOL - Hmmm, not sure where he found that one 
-T9
IndianaFinesse reply :
On 4/7/2016 at 9:39 AM, Team9nine said:LOL - Hmmm, not sure where he found that one
It was just to good to not share, most people don't read signatures.
A-Jay reply :
I've always thought of it as a very short injured Senko.
A-Jay
Bassguytom reply :
On 4/7/2016 at 10:03 AM, A-Jay said:I've always thought of as a very short injured Senko.
A-Jay
Now that is funny.
tander reply :
To tell the truth, I really don't know what it suppose to look like, I do know bass like it !!!
roadwarrior reply :
Big Mac combo?
Fishes in trees reply :
Ned rigs mimic real fishing rigs, except that they are smaller and lighter. Seriously, I think that the "short injured senko" is the best answer.
If I fished in areas where there was a little less cover, I would fish the ned rig more, but I just got tired of buying jig heads. Even though the hook is smallish, it gets hung up too often for me.
ww2farmer reply :
For all I know, it imitates.............to a bass................a water logged, sunken cigarette butt...........maybe bass love cigarette butts.
Raul reply :
On 4/7/2016 at 10:03 AM, A-Jay said:I've always thought of it as a very short injured Senko.
A-Jay
Ok, now let´s begin splitting hairs: how, when and where that short senko was injured ? 
A-Jay reply :
On 4/7/2016 at 11:13 PM, Raul said:Ok, now let´s begin splitting hairs: how, when and where that short senko was injured ?
Hey, what happens in Mexico ~ Stays in Mexico.
A-Jay
woody osborne reply :
IMO the ned rig looks like a big ol' water worm. probably a larva of some sort. looks like an elongated goose turd. dark gray about 1 1/2" long or less. a bit thinner than a pencil. eastern ky. creek fish will bite til it won't stay on the hook.
blckshirt98 reply :
They should add a few really thin legs onto those ned rig plastics.
Raul reply :
On 4/8/2016 at 1:21 AM, blckshirt98 said:They should add a few really thin legs onto those ned rig plastics.
There are skirted grubs with tiny legs on the sides, cut off the head and the tail and voile, there you have, a hairy ned rig. 
IndianaFinesse reply :
On 4/8/2016 at 1:21 AM, blckshirt98 said:They should add a few really thin legs onto those ned rig plastics.
It's called a hula stickz.
blckshirt98 reply :
I was thinking more those little legs on the Berkley Havoc Back Slide!
fishwizzard reply :
I ended up with a few bags of GY hula grubs that IU have never had much luck with. I am going to try them this year with the legs cut off and rigged like a Fat Ika. A "Skinnyfat Ika" maybe?
scaleface reply :
Cool video . Dragonfly nymphs are bad .
kcdinkerz reply :
Geese droppings!
Raul reply :
On 4/8/2016 at 7:20 AM, kcdinkerz said:Geese droppings!
In other words, Ned rig mimics crap.
Zippyduck Krimm reply :
On 4/8/2016 at 4:02 AM, Bunnielab said:I ended up with a few bags of GY hula grubs that IU have never had much luck with. I am going to try them this year with the legs cut off and rigged like a Fat Ika. A "Skinnyfat Ika" maybe?
We put them on slider jigs and crush the bass with them. It is a great limit catcher with an occasional big fish.
scaleface reply :
They mimic something alive . The bottom of the waters we fish are full of life . Darters , sculpins , insects ...Bass see something that look alive they eat it .
moguy1973 reply :
Looks like a foraging minnow or baitfish to me
Raul reply :
On 4/8/2016 at 10:48 PM, moguy1973 said:Looks like a foraging minnow or baitfish to me
In other words: food
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