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Squid Jigs: You have all seen these being used on Rex Hunts program with great
success and with the ever warmer summers and milder winters we are seeing greater numbers of squid in our own waters and the current unofficial British record from the shore stands at 5lb 4ozs. We have
experimented with all sorts of different designs over the past couple of years but have found these two patterns to be the best, primarily because they have either larger gape hooks or double rows of hooks which
are barbless allowing for quick unhooking. They are all cloth covered which gives greater adhesion for the squid.
They are supposed to represent shrimps or prawns which are the staple food of the species of squid we get in the
North Atlantic. The keeled model especially responds very well to casting from a spinning rod in falling light conditions and also to be used in deeper water on a gilling outfit. The unweighted / unkeeled model
is generally used in strings of three and worked in a similar fashion to mackerel feathers but less violently, more of a sweeping action than the savage jigging action when using feathers.
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