A project two and a half years in the making, Bait Junkie Jig Heads are finally here. Designed in collaboration betweenDaiwa Australia’s product development team, long-time Daiwa angler Kris Hickson and with input from Australian luremaking stalwart Dan Stead. Bait Junkie Jig Heads offer a unique feature set which elevates performance for an often overlookedcategory.
It all starts with the hook, and Bait Junkie Jig Heads are built around quality BKK hooks in combination with Daiwa’sSaqSas hook coating, a super-slippery Teflon like coating which increases penetrating power of the hook point providinga superior hook up ratio. Available in both a 2X strong BKK heavy wire and 0X BKK light wire hook, Bait Junkie Jig Headscome in almost 100 different shapes and sizes to perfectly cater to your chosen lure and depth of water.
The totally unique bait keeper is the first thing to stand out. A design which evolved over the best part of 18 months andover 25 different prototypes. The goal? To create a jig head bait keeper that performed exceptionally well with Daiwa’sstretchy ELASTOMAX material from their Bait Junkie soft plastics, eliminating the annoying occurrence of your plasticbeing pulled down over the keeper and balling up into a twisted mess.
The head design of the Bait Junkie Jig Head is a mostly cylinder-shaped concept with a flat back for optimal clean riggingand a flattened ‘chin’ which when used in combination with Daiwa’s buoyant ELASTOMAX material offers a ‘tail up’ posturewhen your bait comes to rest on the bottom, even in very hard bottom situations where a bullet shape head cannot.
The features don’t end there either, even the package has been carefully designed to offer both convenience and a long termstorage solution. Bait Junkie Jig Heads come in a resealable zip lock bag which is great to keep brand-new jig headsfree from wet tackle boxes where rust can ruin hooks before they’ve ever been used. The sticker which indicates weightand size is also easily removable and can be re-attached to a tackle box or storage tray for easy identification when you’recarrying a box full of jig heads in your boat or bag.
