9'ERS LURES 4" NE 6-ARM SHAD RIG

Our shad rig is assembled with a 6 arm bent bar, 7 are teasers and 7 have hooks. Only the center stinger has a leader, and the rest are rigged to the bar. The overall length of our rig is 22". Storage tubes are included with the price.

The 9er's rig is best fished with a rod in the 30 - 50 lb. class. These are usually considered to be medium heavy. If you are using wire, you should use a rod with roller guides and tips or carboloy guides and tips. If you are using a super braid avoid tips that are ringed with plastic as the braid can cut a slice right through the ring material (and your fingers as well). The appropriate stiffness of the rod is important because one of the beauties of the 9er rig is the ability to look at your rod tip and be able to tell just by the rod tip movement if your rig is tracking properly. A steady pulsing of the tip should be quite apparent. If that pulsing is not present, you have probably picked up and unwanted passenger like seaweed, eel grass, jellyfish or the occasional bud can. if you are using a rod that is too light, the rod will bend over too far (buggy whipping) and you will not be able to detect the pulsing action. Conversely, if you are fishing with a rod that is too stiff (no pun intended) you will likewise not be able to detect that rod tip movement.

Always use a leader on your line and the 9er rig. The leader should be 4 to 8 feet long mono or fluorocarbon of 80 to 100lb. test strength. Check your leader often as it can become chaffed or nicked during the fight. This is most likely to happen when you have hooked more than one fish at a time. Always life the rig (and fish) out of the water by the rig itself, not by the line or leader. I have too often seen 50 lb. striped bass swimming away wearing a 9er rig on its head like a party hat because an angler decided to boat the rig and fish by the leader. Remember, these are just guidelines. Your own experience will teach you many tricks that will enhance your enjoyment of your new 9er umbrella rig.