Judging from all of the gnashing of teeth that has ensued in the two years since the Alabama Rig – sorry, the castable umbrella rig – was unleashed, you’d think that Andy Poss and Paul Elias had purposely set out to jumpstart World War Three. I can’t speak directly to their intentions (other than to make money and win tournaments, respectively), but it’s clear that the impact on the industry has been huge.
Whether you’re for it or against it (and I’m pretty much agnostic on the topic), the excitement over the A-Rig/C.U.R. has by-and-large omitted any discussion of past multiple-lure rigs. Sure, occasionally someone mentions the Double Fluke rig. Once in a while you’ll hear about a dropshot rig with a jig instead of a weight at the end. As far as I can tell, however, no one has mentioned my all-time favorite two-timer: The Double Chug Bug.
The Double Bug was born when enterprising pros (I believe that the always-crafty Ken Cook was a leader among them) took two standard Chug Bugs, removed the rear hook from one and then attached it to the nose split ring of the other. Eventually, Storm released an official version to the market. Must not have sold many, because one or two BPS Master Catalogs later they were gone.
Since I’m a long-time sucker for anything new and semi-innovative, I recall that I have one somewhere out in the garage, a black-bug-body paired with a shad-colored one. Not sure if I ever threw it, but I might just head out there and try to locate it among the graveyard of both used and unused topwater plugs. If I can find it, I’m going to make a point of throwing it the next time I find an aggressive topwater bite, just to piss someone off. Source – insideline.net
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