Umbrella Rig

Never used one for striper trolling before but just had to have one as I walked past it at the Nashville Bass Pro Shop yesterday. The rigging instructionsfor the outside arms mentions the use of teasers. What are they (hook free swim baits?) and how do you rig-um up? Thanks for any info.

Teasers can be sassy shad or jigs with the hooks removed. Center jig has a hook and is placed on a leader 2-3 feet behind the urig. You can also use jigs on the urig arms. You'll need a good stout rod and reel set up to use them as they'll put a lot of strain on the gear getting them in. I tried them on 6500 abu reels, once. Not enough power in the reel to bring one in with a good fish attached.

Andrew

I've been wondering just how in the heck an umbrella rig works. Judging from what they look like in the packaging, it looks like you can rig them up with ever you want to...and I'm guessing the baits attached to the umbrella rig are suppoed to represent a small school of bait fish? Is this correct Andrew?

Yep, when you troll them they imitate a school of baitfish. I wrote up a short article on how to use them a few years back. I can post that here if people are interested.

Andrew

I'm interested; please post the article. Thanks.

Thats 2 of us interested, I've just recently became interested in striper fishing and will take any info I can get:-)

Make it three!

Andrew,
would putting only one hooked jig and letting it go about a foot behind the other teasers be a good Idea.. The idea being that the "slower" bait would appear to be weaker in not keeping up with the school?
Jim Dicken

I've been thinking about using them myself, but I would have to get some bigger rods and reels, what do you guys suggest for pulling these rigs?

Thanks for the info

I've been using Penn GTI30 reels, 30# mono, and heavy ugly stick rods.

Andrew

Give me a call or drop me a line. I will be glad to answer any questions you may have on the topic. There is really too much info for me to type. The U-rig is VERY effective when used properly.

Brian
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