Great breakdown! I got a chance to use the Elite Evo, and I found that the Elaztech trailers easily slide onto that bait keeper. Also the colored blades are supposed to be chip resistant, so that in itself is a game changer for me; my biggest issue with the Jackhammer is the paint chips off way too easy.
Thanks! I agree on the bait keeper!! I have several jackhammers that have not pair on the blade and hardly any on the jig, so that will help hopefully!
The skirt martial is the same silicone skirt material and the jig head paint process is the same. What i do to help prevent chipping and paint lose is cover the jig head in 2 part clear epoxy. Including the eyes so you dont lose them as well.
I haven’t tried the jackhammer, but the evo is definitely a big step up from the original in my opinion, the way it hunts and just swims in general just feels so much better than the original, and I really love the trailer keeper on them. The crazy thing is though. I have a black/blue original that I run in our rivers around me because the water is dirtier, and I don’t have the evo in black and blue yet, and it catches me an absurd amount of fish, more on that one lure than on any other bladed jig I have combined
I have that color in the both! This past week black and blue was the ticket after some heavy rain dirtied it up! I am continuing to see that the EVO is fishing just as good as the jackhammer! They both just have an amazing hunting action!
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Great breakdown! I got a chance to use the Elite Evo, and I found that the Elaztech trailers easily slide onto that bait keeper. Also the colored blades are supposed to be chip resistant, so that in itself is a game changer for me; my biggest issue with the Jackhammer is the paint chips off way too easy.
Thanks! I agree on the bait keeper!! I have several jackhammers that have not pair on the blade and hardly any on the jig, so that will help hopefully!
The skirt martial is the same silicone skirt material and the jig head paint process is the same. What i do to help prevent chipping and paint lose is cover the jig head in 2 part clear epoxy. Including the eyes so you dont lose them as well.
Great tip!
@@roadtripangler thanks, I've been building, upgrading and customizing lures for well over 20 years now lol
I haven’t tried the jackhammer, but the evo is definitely a big step up from the original in my opinion, the way it hunts and just swims in general just feels so much better than the original, and I really love the trailer keeper on them. The crazy thing is though. I have a black/blue original that I run in our rivers around me because the water is dirtier, and I don’t have the evo in black and blue yet, and it catches me an absurd amount of fish, more on that one lure than on any other bladed jig I have combined
I have that color in the both! This past week black and blue was the ticket after some heavy rain dirtied it up! I am continuing to see that the EVO is fishing just as good as the jackhammer! They both just have an amazing hunting action!
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I feel like the evo is a more "compact" version of the the OG. I am dying to try mine out paired with a chatterspike
I am really linking it!
What river is this?
This was on the New River.