Jig hooks and jig heads: Swing football heads
The classic swing head: a football body hinged to an offset hook. The bait crawls free on a straight retrieve and the fish cannot lever the head against the hook.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Models | Gene Larew Biffle HardHead, Gamakatsu Tungsten Hybrid Swing Head, Dirty Jigs Pivot Point, X Zone Tungsten Swing Football, VMC Swingin' Rugby |
| Weight | 3/16–1 oz (5.3–28 g) |
| Baits | 3.5–4.5" (9–11.5 cm) craws and creatures |
| Where | Offshore rock, ledges, points; summer and fall |
| Also | Every swing head is on the swing-head page too |
Top 10 dans quatre marchés
États-Unis
- Dirty Jigs Pivot Point Football Jig 2pk — $5.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Swinging Jigheads' (63 items) sorted by Popularity: #2. Football head with two wire loops, one hinged to a Gamakatsu SuperLine offset EWG hook (Texas-rig the bait); previously filed under jighead-swing; no eyes; no keeper Eyes: no; keeper: none (Texas-rigged).
- Yum Hardhead Swinging Football Jig Heads — $6.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Swinging Jigheads' (63 items) sorted by Popularity: #8. The original Biffle Hardhead: powder-coated football head hinged to a pivoting worm hook; previously filed under jighead-swing; no eyes; no keeper Eyes: no; keeper: none (Texas-rigged).
- Chompers Wobble Head Football 2pk — $5.69. Tackle Warehouse 'Swinging Jigheads' (63 items) sorted by Popularity: #16. Football head joined by a wire loop to a free-swinging Mustad Ultra Point 4/0 EWG; previously filed under jighead-swing; no eyes; no keeper Eyes: no; keeper: none (Texas-rigged).
- Real Deal Tungsten Headbanger Swinging Football Jigs — $3.59 - $5.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Swinging Jigheads' (63 items) sorted by Popularity: #19. 97% tungsten football head with a free-swinging EWG hook; no eyes; no keeper Eyes: no; keeper: none (Texas-rigged).
- Gamakatsu Tungsten Hybrid Swing Head 1pk — $10.39 - $17.89. Tackle Warehouse 'Swinging Jigheads' (63 items) sorted by Popularity: #24; 4.0/5 avg rating (1 reviews). Tungsten hybrid football/cobra swing head sold as the head only (wire loop, add your own Gamakatsu hook); no eyes; no keeper Eyes: no; keeper: none (Texas-rigged).
- Big Bite Baits Gamakatsu Swing Head Jig 4pk — $6.49. Tackle Warehouse 'Swinging Jigheads' (63 items) sorted by Popularity: #26; 5.0/5 avg rating (1 reviews). Flat-bottom football head with a pivoting connection to a Gamakatsu Superline EWG offset hook (rig Texas-style); no eyes; no keeper Eyes: no; keeper: none (Texas-rigged).
- Epic Baits Bright Eye Swing Head 3pk — $6.99 - $7.49. Tackle Warehouse 'Swinging Jigheads' (63 items) sorted by Popularity: #28. Flat-bottom football swing head with big red 3D eyes, sold hookless (thread your own hook through the wire and squeeze it closed); no keeper Eyes: yes; keeper: none (Texas-rigged).
- Pro Point Lures Wobble Head Football Jig Heads 2pk — $5.49 - $5.59. Tackle Warehouse 'Swinging Jigheads' (63 items) sorted by Popularity: #30. Flat-bottom football head with a free-swinging 4/0 Gamakatsu offset EWG worm hook; no eyes; no keeper Eyes: no; keeper: none (Texas-rigged).
- Picasso Fantasy Swinger 2pk — $7.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Swinging Jigheads' (63 items) sorted by Popularity: #40. Textured Fantasy Football head with a freely moving hook; no eyes; no keeper Eyes: no; keeper: none (Texas-rigged).
- Big Bite Baits Gamakatsu Regular Hook Swing Head 4pk — $6.49. Tackle Warehouse 'Swinging Jigheads' (63 items) sorted by Popularity: #41; 4.5/5 avg rating (2 reviews). Light-wire version of the Big Bite football swing head with a pivoting 3/0 Gamakatsu regular hook; no eyes; no keeper Eyes: no; keeper: none (Texas-rigged).
Canada
- Strike King Jointed Structure Jig Head — C$7.99. anglingsports.ca 'jig-head' collection, best-selling sort #61 (re-checked 2026-09-27); swing build: structure/football-shaped head hinged to the eye of an EWG hook (Mark Davis design), bait Texas-rigged; no eyes, no keeper; moved from jighead-swing Eyes: no; keeper: none (Texas-rigged).
- VMC Swinging Rugby Jig — C$9.99. anglingsports.ca 'jig-head' collection, best-selling sort #79 (re-checked 2026-09-27); swing build: articulated rugby head (between a ball and a football) free-swinging on an offset-shank wide-gap hook with 3-degree offset point; no eyes, no keeper; moved from jighead-swing Eyes: no; keeper: none (Texas-rigged).
- VMC Swingin' Rugby Jig - Double Spike Baitholder — C$9.99. anglingsports.ca 'jig-head' collection, best-selling sort #132 (re-checked 2026-09-27); swing build: same articulated rugby head with a recessed eye, on a hook carrying an injected double-spike bait holder; no eyes; moved from jighead-swing Eyes: no; keeper: barb up.
- Berkley Fusion19 Swing Head — C$6.75. anglingsports.ca 'Football Jig Head' tag, best-selling sort #7 (not in the jig-head collection; read 2026-09-27); swing build: free-swinging football head on an EWG hook for dragging Texas-rigged plastics; no eyes, plastic spike keeper on the hook shank; moved from jighead-swing Eyes: no; keeper: barb up.
- X Zone Tungsten Swing Football Jig — C$4.99-7.49. anglingsports.ca 'Football Jig Head' tag, best-selling sort #11 (not in the jig-head collection; read 2026-09-27); swing build: free-swinging tungsten football head on an EWG hook; no eyes, no keeper; moved from jighead-swing Eyes: no; keeper: none (Texas-rigged).
Japon
- Decoy (Katsuichi) DS-13 スイッチヘッド — ¥550 (naturum list price per pack). naturum hooks, keyword football, sorted by best-selling order: #1 (also #1 for jointed and offset; amazon.co.jp football jighead #5). Delta-shaped football head with a slide pin that hinges to any offset hook; reversible for snag-less or short-hop mode — hinged build (moved here from jighead-swing). Eyes: no; keeper: none (Texas-rigged).
- Ryugi フットボールヘッドG2 — ¥792 (naturum list price per pack). naturum hooks, keyword football, sorted by best-selling order: #3 (amazon.co.jp football jighead #1). Tungsten football head whose hook-change wire runs through the head and the hook eye is threaded straight onto it — no split ring, but the hook pivots on the wire, so it is a hinged build; the maker sells it as replaceable-hook system. Judgement call: moved from plain football. Eyes: no; keeper: none (Texas-rigged).
- Decoy (Katsuichi) VJ-78 スイッチボム — ¥440 (naturum list price per pack). naturum hooks, keyword jointed, sorted by best-selling order: #20 (#7 for offset in the jig-head genre). The DS-13 delta football head pre-jointed to a Kg Hook Worm17 offset — hinged build (moved here from jighead-swing). Eyes: no; keeper: none (Texas-rigged).
- Decoy (Katsuichi) DECOY スイッチヘッドヘビー DS-13H — ¥528 (naturum list price per pack). naturum hooks, keyword football, sorted by best-selling order: #11 (#18 for jointed). Heavy 18–36 g version of the Switch Head with a thicker slide pin for salt water and deep areas; same reversible delta football head hinged to your own offset hook. Eyes: no; keeper: none (Texas-rigged).
- BKK FAST HEAD(ファストヘッド) TG TYPE-F — ¥1044 (naturum list price per pack). naturum hooks, keyword football, sorted by best-selling order: #13. Tungsten football head with a FAST SNAP as the connector so any hook can be clipped on and swings freely — hinged build; the football shape is claimed for stable swimming and fall posture. Eyes: no; keeper: none (Texas-rigged).
Chine
- 土家兄弟 挑障二代 摇摆防挂底铅头钩 — ¥16.8 / item(pack count varies by option,not specified in listing). Taobao list page 'swing-head jig' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-27): original position 13 of 20; shop 土家兄弟路亚. Rounded bean/football weight hinged by a wire loop to a free-swinging wide-gap offset hook; no eyes; no keeper, bait Texas-rigged. Moved here from jighead-swing because the head is a football. Eyes: no; keeper: none (Texas-rigged).
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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).
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