Jig hooks and jig heads: Raised-CoG heads

The lead sits high, on or above the hook eye, so the bait is top-heavy: on every slack-line shake it pendulums and rolls. The strongest roll of the strolling heads.

Item	Detail
Models	Owner Range Roller (vertical eye, U-wire keeper), Owner Round Head XL, Missile Jigs Eye Roll, Core Tackle Strut Head, Primal Hi Roller, Buckeye G-Stroll; Ravencraft DJ-Head
Weight	1/96–3/16 oz (0.3–5.3 g)
Eye	Vertical eye: strong roll, keep the knot on top. Horizontal eye: rolls with less input, knot position does not matter
Baits	3–4" (7.5–10 cm) minnow worms
Technique	Mid-strolling: continuous shake, slack line

Heads that raise the weight and also run it down the shank appear on both pages.

Top 10 dans quatre marchés

États-Unis

Owner Range Roller Ball Jig head — $7.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Ball Jigheads' (98 items) sorted by Popularity: #1; 4.5/5 avg rating. Mid-strolling roller head: weight cast above the hook shank so the minnow rolls side to side on each twitch Mechanism: raised centre of gravity (owner).
Owner Round Head XL Ball Jig Head — $5.00 - $6.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Ball Jigheads' (98 items) sorted by Popularity: #5. Plain round ball head sized up (4/0-5/0) for big FFS minnows; lead is moulded around the eye to protect the knot, but the weight sits centred, so it is a plain ball, not a high-centre-of-gravity roller Moved from the ball list: the lead sits up around the eye, a strolling-minnow head (owner). Mechanism: raised centre of gravity (owner).
Missile Jigs Eye Roll Ball Jig Head 2pk — $5.00 - $10.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Ball Jigheads' (98 items) sorted by Popularity: #6; 4.1/5 avg rating. Maker: lead ball moulded with a high centre of gravity plus a welded-ring line tie, tuned for hover and mid-strolling Mechanism: raised centre of gravity (owner).
Core Tackle Strut Head 3pk. Tackle Warehouse 'Ball Jigheads' (98 items) sorted by Popularity: #13; 2.8/5 avg rating. Maker: weight-distributed above the hook eye to impart side-to-side rolling for mid-strolling minnows Mechanism: raised centre of gravity (owner).
Primal Tackle Hi Roller Head 3pk — $6.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Ball Jigheads' (98 items) sorted by Popularity: #14; 5.0/5 avg rating. Maker: round head with a high centre of gravity and semi-recessed line tie for hover and mid-strolling Mechanism: raised centre of gravity (owner).
Buckeye Lures G-Stroll Ball Jig Head — $5.49. Tackle Warehouse 'Ball Jigheads' (98 items) sorted by Popularity: #17; 3.0/5 avg rating. Named and sold as a strolling head (G-Stroll) with a top-mounted eye; TW shows no maker text, so placed here on the product name alone Mechanism: raised centre of gravity (owner).
Lure Parts Online Bass Academy Stroller Jig 5pk — $3.00 - $6.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Ball Jigheads' (98 items) sorted by Popularity: #25; 5.0/5 avg rating. Maker: finesse hover-strolling head with gliding action; weight moulded above the eye

Canada

Buckeye Lures G-Stroll Jig Head — C$7.99. fishingworld.ca 'bass-jigs' collection, best-selling sort #85; kept only jighead-strolling heads from that list; Gerald Swindle mid-strolling head with an off-centred (top-heavy) weight that rolls the minnow (also fishingworld.ca search "strolling" #2) Mechanism: raised centre of gravity (owner).
Owner Range Roller — C$9.99. anglingsports.ca 'jig-head' collection, best-selling sort #123; kept only jighead-strolling heads from that list; JDM hover-strolling head with a high centre axis and top knot position that rolls even at very slow speeds (fishingworld.ca search "strolling" #3, C$9.99-12.99) Mechanism: raised centre of gravity (owner).
Queen Tackle Tungsten Rollin Strollin Jig Head — C$17.99. fishingworld.ca search "strolling", best-selling sort #1; kept only jighead-strolling heads from that list; KJ Queen tungsten scoping head; head and line tie placed to give a side-to-side roll on a straight retrieve; not in the bass-jigs collection, store photo is 500x162 so no image Mechanism: raised centre of gravity (owner).
Beast Coast Scoper's Delight Jig Head — C$10.99. fishingworld.ca search "scope head", best-selling sort #1; kept only jighead-strolling heads from that list; live-sonar minnow head with most of the weight positioned above the hook shank (high centre of gravity); not in the bass-jigs collection Mechanism: raised centre of gravity (owner).

Japon

Owner (Cultiva) JH-12 レンジローラー — ¥396 (naturum list price per pack). naturum keyword mid-strolling sorted by best-selling order: #3 (first strolling head after two darter/football heads); #11 in the jighead bass search. High-centre-of-gravity head that tips left-right for the roll; marketed for hover-strolling, mid-strolling and bottom-strolling. Mechanism: raised centre of gravity.
Decoy (Katsuichi) VJ-76 マジックヘッド — ¥308 (naturum list price per pack). naturum keyword mid-strolling sorted by best-selling order: #4. Finesse ball head with all weight in one point and a barb 'Magic Keeper' that keeps thin worms straight; maker lists mid-strolling with a shaking retrieve as a main use. Mechanism: raised centre of gravity.
Deps ミドストジグヘッド — ¥715 (naturum list price per pack). naturum keyword mid-strolling sorted by best-selling order: #5. Round head with the eye rising straight up and set sideways so the knot cannot slip — a 'rolling-action generator' for 5-6 in bulky worms; 0.35 mm spring-wire guard for deep structure. Mechanism: raised centre of gravity.
Ryugi ヴェスパ — ¥574 (naturum list price per pack). naturum keyword Vespa sorted by best-selling order: #2 (behind the darter version); Amazon.co.jp mid-strolling/hover-strolling searches place it in the top 25. Tungsten finesse head with weight in one point and a sideways eye so the knot position — and therefore the roll — stays constant. Mechanism: raised centre of gravity.
Ichikawa Fishing アウトバーブジグヘッド — ¥693 (naturum list price per pack). naturum keyword mid-strolling sorted by best-selling order: #9. Front-weighted round head made to bring out the mid-strolling roll, with an out-barb hook to cut head-shake losses. Mechanism: raised centre of gravity.

Chine

OWNER 欧纳 JH-12 Range Roller 米多斯托摇摆铅头钩 — ¥22 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'mid-strolling hook' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-27): original position 1 of 20; shop 武汉路亚基地. Sub-type: mid-strolling (mid-strolling) head: small high-centre-of-gravity head on a fine-wire hook, rolls the bait while shaking in mid-water. Mechanism: raised centre of gravity.
钓之猪米多斯托专用铅头钩 (慕斯达钩条) — ¥7.98 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'mid-strolling hook' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-27): original position 6 of 20; shop 钓之猪路亚. Sub-type: mid-strolling (mid-strolling) head: small high-centre-of-gravity head on a fine-wire hook, rolls the bait while shaking in mid-water. Mechanism: raised centre of gravity.
Ravencraft 鸦语 DJ-Head 芒果钩高重心米多斯托钩 — ¥21 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'mid-strolling hook' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-27): original position 8 of 20; shop 千岛路亚. Sub-type: mid-strolling (mid-strolling) head: small high-centre-of-gravity head on a fine-wire hook, rolls the bait while shaking in mid-water. Mechanism: raised centre of gravity.
RYUGI 流義 Vespa 树脂钨头精细铅头钩 — ¥35 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'mid-strolling hook' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-27): original position 12 of 20; shop 鲈钓专家. Sub-type: mid-strolling (mid-strolling) head: small high-centre-of-gravity head on a fine-wire hook, rolls the bait while shaking in mid-water. Mechanism: raised centre of gravity.
ICHIKAWA 市川专攻中层米多斯托钩 (日本制) — ¥28 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'mid-strolling hook' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-27): original position 20 of 20; shop 千岛路亚. Sub-type: mid-strolling (mid-strolling) head: small high-centre-of-gravity head on a fine-wire hook, rolls the bait while shaking in mid-water. Mechanism: raised centre of gravity.
驯鱼高手米多斯托精细铅头钩 (慕斯达钩条) — ¥28.8 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'hover-strolling hook' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-27): original position 19 of 20; shop 乐筏路亚. Sub-type: mid-strolling (mid-strolling) head: small high-centre-of-gravity head on a fine-wire hook, rolls the bait while shaking in mid-water. Listed under the hover keyword but the picture shows a small round strolling head. Mechanism: raised centre of gravity.

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Jig hooks and jig heads

Hooks whose shank bends at the eye so a head can be poured on: the bare jig hook, and weighted jig heads for soft plastics classified by head shape and build (ball in four builds, strolling jigs by mechanism, football, swing, stand-up, Ned in four builds, shaky, darter, swimbait, underspin, tube, weedless, grass), because each fishes differently; and the skirted jig itself, by head shape (casting, flipping, football, swim, finesse, punch).

Jig hooks and jig heads