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Tokyo Riggin' for bass #6818567
03/26/20 09:03 PM
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Watching some Al Linder fishing shows I've got recorded and came upon one called Tokyo Riggin'. Hmmmm . . . dunno what that is so I watched it. I can see applications to what I do on the river here and the Mississippi and backwaters.

The rig:

[Linked Image]

It comes as a unit from Bass Pro but they want $3.59 for a pair. Seems like a fella could put one together a bit cheaper than that, eh?

So, worm hook, split ring, barrel swivel. Can do that. Got plenty of egg sinkers of different weights substituting for the tungsten I saw of TV. Got plenty of different kinds of plastics to experiment with. But what about the wire dropper. Need a length of wire with a swivel or some attachment to my split ring.

Ideas? Yea, I'm cheap, so what? Anybody tinker with making their own and care to share?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gklkZrS2Mtw

Re: Tokyo Riggin' for bass [Re: Muskrat] #6818591
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Did he act like he invented it? You know like they do everything else.

Re: Tokyo Riggin' for bass [Re: Muskrat] #6818597
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Didn't pay any attention to the fellas fishing, just fixated on the rig. They had enough electronics in that boat to change the course of World War II.

Re: Tokyo Riggin' for bass [Re: Muskrat] #6818604
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Stainless leader

Cut to length then pound on a stop.


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Re: Tokyo Riggin' for bass [Re: Muskrat] #6818618
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Maybe a heavy piece of mono coming off the split ring with one of those longer(heavier. pick your size) clamp on sinkers. Squeeze it with pliers on to the end of the mono. Or a tie on walking sinker.

Re: Tokyo Riggin' for bass [Re: Muskrat] #6818619
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You might want to move the split ring a little farther away from the hook using mono instead of wire.

Re: Tokyo Riggin' for bass [Re: Drifter] #6818620
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Originally Posted by Drifter
Stainless leader

Cut to length then pound on a stop.


There it is . . . thanks. Not as stiff as the wire, but will do. Much appreciated.

Re: Tokyo Riggin' for bass [Re: 3togo] #6818636
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Originally Posted by 3togo
You might want to move the split ring a little farther away from the hook using mono instead of wire.


I'm going to tinker with this rig this summer. I can see possibilities here with the smallies.

Appreciate all the comments here. New rig, new ideas, always fun.

We're itching to get out there, waiting for the river to go down.

[Linked Image]

[Linked Image]

Re: Tokyo Riggin' for bass [Re: Muskrat] #6818716
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A stainless wire leader. Not sure if used all over but for salmon they are. They are about 6 1/2 inches long and have an eye on one end. [Linked Image]
[Linked Image]


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Re: Tokyo Riggin' for bass [Re: Muskrat] #6818719
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A stainless wire leader. Not sure if used all over but for salmon they are. They are about 6 1/2 inches long and have an eye on one end. [Linked Image]
[Linked Image]

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Re: Tokyo Riggin' for bass [Re: Muskrat] #6818758
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If it doesnt have to be too stiff,brass rabbit wire is handy for rigging up.


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Re: Tokyo Riggin' for bass [Re: Boco] #6818771
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That looks to me like a wolf river rig, we’ve been using them here for years.

Re: Tokyo Riggin' for bass [Re: willvalley] #6818857
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Originally Posted by willvalley
A stainless wire leader. Not sure if used all over but for salmon they are. They are about 6 1/2 inches long and have an eye on one end.

Ted


Thanks Ted, that would give me the stiffness that I see with the Tokyo rig.

Re: Tokyo Riggin' for bass [Re: BFP] #6818858
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Originally Posted by BFP
That looks to me like a wolf river rig, we’ve been using them here for years.


Yup, wolf river rig standard fare, but have never used it in conjunction with a plastic lure and the stiff wire below keeping it up from the rocks. I need to broaden my horizons.

Re: Tokyo Riggin' for bass [Re: Muskrat] #6818906
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Muskrat I hope your not eating those bass.. You know proper catch and release insures that some pro can win a trophy. grin

Myself I practice what is call catch and release to the grease..


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Re: Tokyo Riggin' for bass [Re: Muskrat] #6818932
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I think the advantage to the stiff wire is you can cast the rig without tangles. If the dropper for the weight is flexible it could wrap up during the cast. I would also suspect having some sort of floating plastic or floating insert in the plastic would keep the rig in the correct posture so you could basically hop the rig over the rocks keeping the plastic just up out of the rocks. I'm guessing it would work like a no snag slinky weight. where if the weight gets hung up, you can pull hard enough to just pull the weight off rather than snapping off the entire rig.

You could possibly create the same effect by crimping a bunch of shot to a heavy piece of mono rather than wire and then covering the entire thing with shrink tubing. [Linked Image]

Re: Tokyo Riggin' for bass [Re: Muskrat] #6819009
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Nice idea Mutt. Anybody ever air inject plastic bait to make it ride a little higher off the bottom? Used to work with crawlers.

Re: Tokyo Riggin' for bass [Re: Muskrat] #6819449
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Thanks mutt! I really like that idea!!

Re: Tokyo Riggin' for bass [Re: Muskrat] #6819471
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I'm not bass fisherman, but why the tungsten weight? Is it a California environmental thing? Tungsten is a little more than twice as heavy as lead though.

Last edited by waggler; 03/27/20 07:44 PM. Reason: Tungsten not titanium

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Re: Tokyo Riggin' for bass [Re: waggler] #6819497
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Originally Posted by waggler
. . . . Tungsten is a little more than twice as heavy as lead though.


Chemistry wasn't my strong suit but nope, lead is heavier than tungsten. Just isn't lethal to critters with gizzards.

Tungsten is atomic number 74 and lead is atomic number 82. With a few exceptions, the larger the atomic number, the heavier the atom. The atomic weights (how much equal numbers of atoms of each substance weigh) are right there on the periodic table. A lead atom is about 1-1/8 times heavier than a tungsten atom.

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