Jig hooks and jig heads: Football jig heads

A wide head shaped like a football: on rock it rolls over instead of wedging in cracks, and rocks side to side as it is dragged, like a crawfish. Four builds, each its own page.

BuildWhat it addsWhen
OriginalExposed hook, no guardRock, gravel, ledges
WeedlessFibre or wire guard over the pointRock with brush, riprap
Texas-riggedFootball head on an offset / EWG hook, point buriedRock with grass or wood
SwingFootball head hinged to the hook: the bait crawls freeOffshore rock and ledges, reel-and-bump
ItemDetail
Weight1/4–3/4 oz (7–21 g), usually 3/8–5/8 oz (10.6–18 g)
Eye / hookEye mid-head; hook rides up
BaitsCraws, creatures, double-tail grubs
TechniquesDrag slowly so it wobbles; bump it over rocks
WhereRock, gravel, shell, ledges; poor in brush

The skirted football jig is on its own page under skirted jigs.

Top 10 in four markets

United States

  1. Gamakatsu Football Jig Heads 5pk — $7.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Football Jigheads' (6 items) sorted by Popularity: #1. Plain football head on a standard-shank light-wire Gamakatsu hook, exposed point, no guard; no eyes; moulded barbed collar keeper Eyes: no; keeper: moulded collar.
  2. Great Lakes Finesse Stealth Football Jig Head 3pk — $6.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Football Jigheads' (6 items) sorted by Popularity: #2; 4.7/5 avg rating (3 reviews). Finesse football head on a 1/0 Gamakatsu 604, exposed, no guard; no eyes; oversized unpainted double-barb collar Eyes: no; keeper: moulded collar.
  3. VMC Finesse Football Jig Head — $5.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Football Jigheads' (6 items) sorted by Popularity: #3. Traditional football head sized for tubes and ned baits, exposed hook, no guard; no eyes; beveled-edge conical collar keeper Eyes: no; keeper: moulded collar.
  4. Northland Tackle Elite Series Finesse Football Jig — $5.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Football Jigheads' (6 items) sorted by Popularity: #4. Compact football head on a 90-degree 1/0 Gamakatsu hook, exposed, no guard; no eyes; wire bait keeper plus a moulded skirt collar Eyes: no; keeper: wire keeper.
  5. Owner Ultrahead Football Jig Head — $5.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Football Jigheads' (6 items) sorted by Popularity: #5; 5.0/5 avg rating (1 reviews). Football head on a 90-degree Owner Super Needle Point jig hook, exposed, no guard; no eyes; moulded-in collar keeper Eyes: no; keeper: moulded collar.
  6. Rebel Keg Football Jig Head 3pk — $3.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Football Jigheads' (6 items) sorted by Popularity: #6. Keg-shaped (football) head that rocks and deflects off rock, exposed hook, no guard; no eyes; on-shank wire bait keeper Eyes: no; keeper: wire keeper.
  7. Owner Football Finesse Head 4pk — $5.69. Tackle Warehouse 'Non-Screw Lock Shakey Heads' (48 items) sorted by Popularity: #28. Listed under shaky heads but it is a plain finesse football head on an exposed Owner hook, no guard and no keeper except the Z-lock shoulder bend; no eyes Eyes: no; keeper: none (Texas-rigged).
  8. WOO! Tungsten Football Jig Head — $9.99 - $14.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Non-Screw Lock Shakey Heads' (48 items) sorted by Popularity: #31. Listed under shaky heads but it is a plain 97% tungsten football head on an exposed Gamakatsu hook, no guard; no eyes; single moulded barb keeper pointing up toward the eye Eyes: no; keeper: barb up.
  9. BOSS Football Jig Head 4pk — $6.49. Tackle Warehouse 'Weedless Football Jigheads' (12 items) sorted by Popularity: #1; 5.0/5 avg rating (2 reviews). Football head with a stout fibre weedguard on a 4/0-5/0 Mustad Ultra Point, skirt cone plus moulded plastics keeper; no eyes Eyes: no; keeper: moulded collar.
  10. Keitech Tungsten Super Football Jig Head — $9.59 - $10.59. Tackle Warehouse 'Weedless Football Jigheads' (12 items) sorted by Popularity: #2. Tungsten football head with a fibre weedguard in front of the hook point; no eyes; moulded arrow-barb collar Eyes: no; keeper: moulded collar.
  11. BOSS Heavy Wire Football Jig Head 4pk — $6.49. Tackle Warehouse 'Weedless Football Jigheads' (12 items) sorted by Popularity: #3. Heavy-wire version of the BOSS football head: fibre weedguard, 4/0-5/0 Mustad, skirt cone and plastics keeper; no eyes Eyes: no; keeper: moulded collar.
  12. Lure Parts Online Bill Lowen Finesse Football Jig 3pk — $7.99 - $8.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Weedless Football Jigheads' (12 items) sorted by Popularity: #4. Finesse football head with a light fibre weedguard on a Gamakatsu hook; no eyes; wire bait keeper Eyes: no; keeper: wire keeper.
  13. BOSS Standup Football Jig Head 4pk — $6.49. Tackle Warehouse 'Weedless Football Jigheads' (12 items) sorted by Popularity: #5; 1.0/5 avg rating (1 reviews). Stand-up football head (Pacman mouth, recessed tie) with a fibre weedguard; no eyes; moulded collar keeper Eyes: no; keeper: moulded collar.
  14. BOSS Wrecking Ball Jig Head 4pk — $7.49. Tackle Warehouse 'Weedless Football Jigheads' (12 items) sorted by Popularity: #6. Brent Ehrler design: classic football head with tapered grooves, recessed tie and fibre weedguard on a 60-degree 5/0 Mustad; no eyes; moulded skirt collar with barb Eyes: no; keeper: moulded collar.
  15. Jewel Baits Football Heads — $6.69 - $7.19. Tackle Warehouse 'Weedless Football Jigheads' (12 items) sorted by Popularity: #7; 4.0/5 avg rating (1 reviews). Football head with a concave face and fibre weedguard, powder coated; no eyes; moulded collar keeper Eyes: no; keeper: moulded collar.
  16. Picasso Fantasy Football Jig Heads — $8.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Weedless Football Jigheads' (12 items) sorted by Popularity: #8. Football head with fibre weedguard, recessed line eye and Gamakatsu hook; no eyes; barb on the keeper collar Eyes: no; keeper: moulded collar.
  17. Picasso HD Fantasy Football Jig Heads 3pk — $8.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Weedless Football Jigheads' (12 items) sorted by Popularity: #9. Heavy-duty Fantasy Football head with textured surface, fibre weedguard and Gamakatsu 3X hook; no eyes; barbed collar Eyes: no; keeper: moulded collar.
  18. Tackle HD Stealth HD Jig Head 3pk — n/a. Tackle Warehouse 'Weedless Football Jigheads' (12 items) sorted by Popularity: #10. Four-sided football-style head with a twin-strand weedguard over the hook point; no eyes; moulded barb collar Eyes: no; keeper: moulded collar.
  19. VMC Rugby Jig — $7.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Non-Screw Lock Shakey Heads' (48 items) sorted by Popularity: #6; 5.0/5 avg rating (2 reviews). Rugby-ball (football/round cross) head moulded on an offset extra-wide-gap hook for Texas-rigging, recessed line eye; listed under shaky heads but the photo shows the offset EWG build; no eyes; no keeper Eyes: no; keeper: none (Texas-rigged).
  20. Gamakatsu Bottom Knocker Offset Jig Head 4pk — $7.99. Tackle Warehouse 'Non-Screw Lock Shakey Heads' (48 items) sorted by Popularity: #39. Modified 'lay-down' football head on a sticky-sharp offset 1/0 hook with recessed tie (Texas-rig the bait); listed under shaky heads; no eyes; no keeper Eyes: no; keeper: none (Texas-rigged).
  21. 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).
  22. 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).
  23. 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).
  24. 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).
  25. 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).
  26. 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).
  27. 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).
  28. 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).
  29. 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).
  30. 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).
  31. Keitech Tungsten Football Jig Model 2 Version 2 — $7.99. Tackle Warehouse "Football Jigs" sorted by Popularity: #1. Raw unpainted tungsten-compound football head, 100-strand hand-tied SR-40 skirt, 10-strand hand-glued fiber weedguard, Gamakatsu 2/0 hook, double-barb keeper, no eyes. Head: football; eyes: no.
  32. Dirty Jigs Tour Level Finesse Football Jig — $5.99. Tackle Warehouse "Football Jigs" sorted by Popularity: #2. Compact football head, Gamakatsu 4/0 60-degree flat-eye hook, full-length skirt you can trim to a spider cut, fiber weedguard, no eyes. Head: football; eyes: no.
  33. Beast Coast Hand-Tied Tungsten Compound OW Sniper Jig — $5.99 - $11.99. Tackle Warehouse "Football Jigs" sorted by Popularity: #3. Compact tungsten-compound football head with NO weedguard (open-water design), 2/0 BKK 90-degree hook, short-cut hand-tied skirt, double-barb keeper, no eyes. Head: football; eyes: no.
  34. Bass Patrol Round Rubber Football Jigs — $2.79 - $3.29. Tackle Warehouse "Football Jigs" sorted by Popularity: #4. Traditional football head, recessed line tie, hand-tied round-rubber skirt, Mustad 2X Ultra Point hook, fiber weedguard, no eyes. Head: football; eyes: no.
  35. Dirty Jigs Tour Level Skirted Football Jig — $5.99. Tackle Warehouse "Football Jigs" sorted by Popularity: #5. Football head, Gamakatsu 3X-strong jig hook, large lead-barb keeper, skirt collar takes a rattle, fiber weedguard, no eyes. Head: football; eyes: no.
  36. Strike King Bitsy Football Jig — $4.99. Tackle Warehouse "Football Jigs" sorted by Popularity: #6. Compact football head, black-nickel Mustad hook, fiber weedguard, banded silicone skirt, barbed keeper, no eyes. Head: football; eyes: no.
  37. Bass Patrol Silicone Football Jigs — $3.29 - $3.59. Tackle Warehouse "Football Jigs" sorted by Popularity: #7. Traditional football head, recessed line tie, hand-tied silicone skirt, Mustad 2X Ultra Point hook, fiber weedguard, no eyes. Head: football; eyes: no.
  38. Missile Jigs Ike's Micro Football Jig 2pk — $8.99. Tackle Warehouse "Football Jigs" sorted by Popularity: #8. Ultra-compact football head, 90-degree line tie, 1/0 Gamakatsu hook, thinned frog-hair skirt, weedguard supplied unattached, no eyes. Head: football; eyes: no.
  39. Beast Coast Hand-Tied L-Metal OW Sniper Jig — $4.99. Tackle Warehouse "Football Jigs" sorted by Popularity: #9. Lead football-style head with NO weedguard, 2/0 BKK 90-degree hook, short-cut hand-tied silicone skirt, matte finish, no eyes. Head: football; eyes: no.
  40. Beast Coast Tungsten Hand-Tied Compound Baby Dozer Jig — $7.99 - $11.99. Tackle Warehouse "Football Jigs" sorted by Popularity: #10. Compact tungsten-compound dragging (football) head with friction bumps underneath, short-eye 4/0 BKK hook set back in the head, moderate weedguard, short-cut skirt, no eyes. Head: football; eyes: no.

Canada

  1. BKK Silent Chaser Football Head — C$7.49. anglingsports.ca 'jig-head' collection, best-selling sort #76 (re-checked 2026-09-27) (also fishingworld.ca bass-jigs #74); plain build: bare football head, exposed 0.8x fine-wire hook, no guard; no eyes, molded ball-chain bump keeper Eyes: no; keeper: moulded collar.
  2. Strike King Tour Grade Football Jig Head — C$6.99. anglingsports.ca 'jig-head' collection, best-selling sort #91 (re-checked 2026-09-27); plain build: powder-coated football head on a 60-degree flat-eye Gamakatsu hook, point exposed, no guard; no eyes, single upward barb that stands the bait up Eyes: no; keeper: barb up.
  3. Great Lakes Finesse Stealth Football Head — C$9.99. anglingsports.ca 'Football Jig Head' tag, best-selling sort #1 (not in the jig-head collection; read 2026-09-27); plain build: matte finesse football head on a fine-wire Gamakatsu jig hook, exposed, no guard; no eyes, ribbed cone bump keeper Eyes: no; keeper: moulded collar.
  4. Berkley Fusion19 Football Head — C$6.75. anglingsports.ca 'Football Jig Head' tag, best-selling sort #12 (not in the jig-head collection; read 2026-09-27); plain build: small flattened football head (Berkley calls it a football shakey head) on a plain Fusion19 hook, point exposed, no guard; no eyes, plastic talon keeper pointing down Eyes: no; keeper: barb down.
  5. The Perfect Jig Tungsten Alive Series Football Jig Head — C$16.99-17.99. anglingsports.ca 'Football Jig Head' tag, best-selling sort #14 (not in the jig-head collection; read 2026-09-27); plain build: compact tungsten football head with sonar-intensifier coating, exposed hook, no guard; no eyes, small upward barb keeper Eyes: no; keeper: barb up.
  6. The Perfect Jig Lead Football Head — C$7.99. anglingsports.ca 'Football Jig Head' tag, best-selling sort #15 (not in the jig-head collection; read 2026-09-27); plain build: unpainted lead football head, exposed hook, no guard; no eyes, small upward barb keeper Eyes: no; keeper: barb up.
  7. The Perfect Jig Goby Football Head — C$7.99. anglingsports.ca 'Football Jig Head' tag, best-selling sort #16 (not in the jig-head collection; read 2026-09-27); plain build: goby-painted football head with painted eyes, exposed hook, no guard; small upward barb keeper Eyes: yes; keeper: barb up.
  8. Freedom Tackle Football Head — C$6.99. anglingsports.ca 'Football Jig Head' tag, best-selling sort #17 (not in the jig-head collection; read 2026-09-27); plain build: football head with a quick-change plain hook, point exposed, no guard; no eyes, screw-lock spring keeper (shape wins over the shaky-style keeper); 2 per pack Eyes: no; keeper: screw-lock spring.
  9. VMC Finesse Rugby Jig — C$10.49. anglingsports.ca 'jig-head' collection, best-selling sort #134 (re-checked 2026-09-27); EWG build: rugby/football head on a wide-gap hook with an offset (Z-bend) shank and recessed 90-degree eye, so the bait is threaded past the bend and can be Texas-rigged; no eyes, no separate keeper (the offset holds the bait); moved here from the plain football list Eyes: no; keeper: none (Texas-rigged).
  10. 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).
  11. 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).
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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).
  15. Strike King Tour Grade Football Jig — C$5.99. anglingsports.ca 'jigs' collection best-selling #33 (highest-placed skirted football jig there) and its 'Finesse & Football Jigs' collection #4; wide football head that stands the trailer up on bottom, flat-eye line tie, Gamakatsu 60-degree round-bend hook, fiber weedguard, 1/2 oz; no eyes. Transparent PNG flattened onto white Head: football; eyes: no.
  16. Beast Coast Open Water Sniper Football Jig — C$9.99. anglingsports.ca 'jigs' collection best-selling #36 and 'Finesse & Football Jigs' #5; fishingworld.ca 'bass-jigs' #60 (C$7.99 there; tungsten version #67); Ontario smallmouth football jig designed with Travis Manson (Smallmouth Crush): tungsten-compound football head, NO weedguard by design for open rock bottoms, 3/8 oz; no eyes. Photo from the fishingworld.ca listing (2048 px) Head: football; eyes: no.
  17. Nishine Lure Works Finesse Football Jig — C$7.49-9.49. anglingsports.ca 'Finesse & Football Jigs' collection best-selling #2; fishingworld.ca 'bass-jigs' #28 and 'all-jigs' #40; oblong 'footballesque' head that shimmies through rock crevices, 90-degree Owner jig hook, hand-tied skirt, fiber weedguard, 3/8-1/2 oz; no eyes. Photo (three jigs) from the maker's site nishinelureworks.com, cropped above its caption; the store photos carry colour-name captions over the skirt Head: football; eyes: no.
  18. Keitech Model II Tungsten Football Jig — C$11.99. anglingsports.ca 'Finesse & Football Jigs' collection best-selling #3; fishingworld.ca lists it in 'Swim Jigs' #9 (C$8.99 there); tungsten-compound football head for deep water, hand-tied 100-strand SR-40 silicone skirt, hand-glued 5-strand fiber weedguard, custom Gamakatsu 2/0 hook, 3/8-1/2 oz; no eyes Head: football; eyes: no.
  19. Berkley Football Jig — C$8.99. anglingsports.ca 'Finesse & Football Jigs' collection best-selling #6 (not stocked by fishingworld.ca); Gary Klein football jig: football head, Fusion19 hook, fiber weedguard, PowerBait-scented skirt, 1/4-3/8 oz; no eyes Head: football; eyes: no.
  20. War Eagle Pro Football Jig — C$8.99. fishingworld.ca 'bass-jigs' collection best-selling #38 (not stocked by anglingsports.ca); keeled football head that crawls over deep structure without rolling, fiber weedguard, 3/4 oz listed; no eyes Head: football; eyes: no.
  21. Greenfish Tackle Crawball Football Jig — C$5.99. fishingworld.ca 'bass-jigs' collection best-selling #43 and 'Flipping Jigs' #5 (not stocked by anglingsports.ca); scalloped football head, hand-tied fine living-rubber skirt accented with silicone, fiber weedguard, 1/2 oz; no eyes. Filed here by its name and head; the store also lists it among flipping jigs Head: football; eyes: no.
  22. Dirty Jigs Tour Level Football Jig — C$8.99. anglingsports.ca 'jigs' collection best-selling #61 and 'Finesse & Football Jigs' #9; football head with a large lead barb plastic keeper, Gamakatsu 5/0 hook, fiber weedguard, 1/2 oz; no eyes Head: football; eyes: no.
  23. The Perfect Jig Finesse Football Jig — C$12.99. anglingsports.ca 'Finesse & Football Jigs' collection best-selling #12 (Ontario maker; fishingworld.ca carries the sibling Football Jig at #92 and Tungsten Alive Football Jig at #66); compact finesse football head, fiber weedguard, hand-tied skirt, 3/8 oz; no eyes Head: football; eyes: no.

Japan

  1. Decoy (Katsuichi) エッグ21 VJ-73 — ¥550 (naturum list price per pack). naturum hooks, keyword football, sorted by best-selling order (best-selling): #14 (first plain football head; #1–#13 are joint heads, guarded heads, sinkers or a shaky head). Heavy football head on an up-point jig hook, no guard, two-step moulded keeper for bulky worms — plain exposed build. Eyes: no; keeper: moulded collar.
  2. 常吉 Tsunekichi 海太郎 根魚玉 L.G.フットボールヘッド — ¥529 (naturum list price per pack). naturum hooks, keyword football, sorted by best-selling order: #2 (and #1 for football jighead; amazon.co.jp football jighead #6). Light-game football head (3.5–6 g, #8 hook) with an exposed gold hook and a moulded collar keeper; marketed for rockfish but sold in the same jig-head genre. Eyes: no; keeper: moulded collar.
  3. Reins TGフットボールジグヘッド — ¥717 (naturum list price per pack). naturum hooks, keyword football, sorted by best-selling order: #6 (#3 for jig-head genre keyword guard). Sintered-tungsten football head with a 7-strand 0.5 mm fibre guard sized to the hook — guarded build, JB/NBC tournament legal. Eyes: no; keeper: moulded collar.
  4. Keitech スーパーフットボールジグヘッド — ¥799 (naturum list price per pack). naturum hooks, keyword football, sorted by best-selling order: #7 (#17 for guard). Compact resin-tungsten (specific gravity 13) football head with a fine 5-strand fibre guard — guarded build; the maker pairs it with the Little Spider 3.5in. Eyes: no; keeper: barb down.
  5. Decoy (Katsuichi) SV-57 Rock Bomb(ロックボム) — ¥440 (naturum list price per pack). naturum hooks, keyword football, sorted by best-selling order: #4 (#3 for weedless; amazon.co.jp offset jighead #1). Football head cast on a heavy-wire offset hook so the bait rigs Texas-style — the maker's own words: football-shaped head＆heavy-wire offset hook; sold for light rock game, same jig-head genre. Eyes: no; keeper: none (Texas-rigged).
  6. 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).
  7. 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).
  8. 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).
  9. 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).
  10. 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).
  11. Nories ガンターオーバル BT — ¥430 (naturum list price, 1 jig; 3/8 oz #3.5/0). naturum ラバージグ genre sorted by sales #9 and #1 for the keyword フットボール. Rear-weighted football head for a fast fall and 'hover' fall, narrow-gap long-shank hook, laid-back brush guard; no eyes; BT = bulky-trailer version. Head: football; eyes: no.
  12. Jackall ナカタジグ — ¥866 (naturum list price, 1 jig; 3/8 oz). naturum ラバージグ genre sorted by sales #10. Nojiri-lake deep jig by guide Hiroki Nakata: flattened oval stand-up head that lifts the trailer on every shake, brush guard, no eyes. Not a classic football but the store has no head-shape sub-categories; filed here as a deep bottom stand-up jig. Head: ball; eyes: no.
  13. Daiwa STEEZ フレックスフットボール — ¥829 (naturum list price, 1 jig; 14 g shown, 5–14 g). naturum ラバージグ genre sorted by sales #12 and #2 for the keyword フットボール. Football version of the jointed C.J.S. jig: resin-tungsten football head, 90° line eye for short-hop moves, tool-free swap of the WOS #2/0 offset hook; no brush guard, no eyes. Head: football; eyes: no.
  14. Nories ガンターオーバル — ¥527 (naturum list price, 1 jig; 5/8 oz). naturum ラバージグ genre sorted by sales #15 and #3 for the keyword フットボール. Standard-trailer version of the Gunter Oval: rear-weighted football head, narrow-gap long-shank hook, laid-back brush guard, no eyes. Head: football; eyes: no.
  15. Daiwa BHマルチジグ — ¥410 (naturum list price, 1 jig; 10 g). naturum ラバージグ genre sorted by sales #17 and #4 for the keyword フットボール. 'Multi' football jig for both dragging and mid-water swimming: low-slung rice-ball (onigiri) football head, 45° line eye, brush guard, no eyes. Head: football; eyes: no.
  16. Deps クリングヘッドジグ — ¥770 (naturum list price, 1 jig; 5/8 oz). naturum ラバージグ genre sorted by sales #20 and #8 for the keyword フットボール. Football-type head with a side line eye designed to deliberately 'cling' to structure and then come free, brush guard, no eyes. Head: football; eyes: no.
  17. Deps スーパーヘッドロックジグ — ¥560 (naturum list price, 1 jig; 3/8 oz). naturum ラバージグ genre sorted by sales #22 and #10 for the keyword フットボール. Big-bass reaction football: wide football head with the line eye set far back for a stand-up, low-trajectory bottom bump, up-sized nemuri-point hook, brush guard, no eyes. Head: football; eyes: no.
  18. Evergreen リアクションフットボール — ¥876 (naturum list price, 1 jig; 1 oz shown). naturum ラバージグ genre sorted by sales #30 and #7 for the keyword フットボール. Morizo Shimizu's deep football for big bass: football head, long-shank hook he bent himself, tuned guard, no eyes. Head: football; eyes: no.
  19. Evergreen TGブロー — ¥1,069 (naturum list price, 1 jig; 14 g). naturum ラバージグ genre sorted by sales #34 and #9 for the keyword フットボール. Sintered high-density tungsten football (SG ≈ 18) for the fastest reaction fall, wire keeper, six-strand guard, no eyes. Head: football; eyes: no.
  20. Deps ハイパーフットボールジグ — ¥696 (naturum list price, 1 jig; 1/4 oz shown). naturum ラバージグ genre sorted by sales #36 and #5 for the keyword フットボール. Football jig built for 'straight swimming' (slow-rolled like a spinnerbait) for suspended big bass: football head, brush guard, silicone skirt, no eyes. Head: football; eyes: no.

China

  1. 蓝旗鱼 跳逗铅头钩 (橄榄型规格) — ¥18 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'football jighead' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-25): original position 1 of 20; shop 西子进出口有限公司. Plain football/olive head, 3X hook exposed, no guard; ribbed moulded collar keeper. Same listing also sells ball and arrowhead shapes. Eyes: no; keeper: moulded collar.
  2. OWNER 欧纳 JH-25/JH-14 黑豆橄榄球铅头钩 — ¥24.35 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'football jighead' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-25): original position 5 of 20; shop 白沙洲路亚基地. Owner black-diamond football head on an exposed 90-degree hook, no guard; moulded collar keeper; no eyes. Eyes: no; keeper: moulded collar.
  3. 领水路亚 (shop) 6 倍加强 钨钢橄榄型铅头钩 — ¥28.8 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'football jighead' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-25): original position 8 of 20; shop 领水路亚渔具. Tungsten olive head on a 6X heavy hook, point exposed, no guard; single moulded barb on the shank pointing away from the eye; no eyes (listing photo is on a wood plank). Eyes: no; keeper: barb down.
  4. 破川 战锤钨钢橄榄头铅头钩 — ¥80 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'football jighead' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-25): original position 14 of 20; shop 破川路亚. High-purity tungsten olive head with a flat base that stands up on the bottom, exposed hook, no guard; two moulded barbs on the shank; no eyes. Eyes: no; keeper: barb down.
  5. 环球路亚 (shop) 大钩门橄榄型根钓铅头钩 — ¥19.8 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'offset jighead' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-27): original position 13 of 20; shop 环球路亚渔具. Plain lead olive/football head in a wide-gap and a narrow-gap version, exposed hook, no guard; moulded shank barbs; no eyes. Found in the offset jighead list, kept because the head is a football. Eyes: no; keeper: barb down.
  6. 破川 微铅战锤钨头钩 小克重大钩门 — ¥70 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'hammer-head jig' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-25): original position 3 of 20; shop 破川旗舰店. Small tungsten olive head on a wide-gap 90-degree hook, exposed, no guard; two moulded shank barbs; no eyes. From the hammer-head jig list. Eyes: no; keeper: barb down.
  7. ROVORO 敬畏者 9099 橄榄型摇摆钝角钩 (Olive Shaped Shaky Head) — ¥18 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'football jighead' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-25): original position 11 of 20; shop ROVORO敬畏者进出口路亚. Maker names it a shaky head: olive/football weight that lands and stands the worm up, obtuse-angle wide-gap hook exposed, no guard; moulded collar keeper; no eyes. Was filed under jighead-football. Eyes: no; keeper: moulded collar. Re-filed as a football head: the maker calls it a shaky head but it is a football head (owner).
  8. 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).
  9. 水上狙击 WATER SNIPER JIG 橄榄头胡须佬 3.5g/5g/7g/10g — ¥10.47 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'weed-guarded skirted jig' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-27): original position 7 of 20; shop 白沙洲路亚基地. Highest-placed football head in the lists (weed-guarded skirted jig #7, football headjig #2). Football head, fibre weedguard, silicone skirt; no eyes. Head: football; eyes: no.
  10. KEITECH Rubber Jig Model II ver.2.0 (Tungsten Football) — ¥45 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'football headjig' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-27): original position 3 of 20; shop 一尾路亚. High-density tungsten-resin football head, fibre weedguard, Keitech skirt; no eyes. Head: football; eyes: no.
  11. O.S.P Hunts 半橄榄头JIG — ¥43.5 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'football headjig' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-27): original position 8 of 20; shop 林城路亚. Half-football (rounded football) head, fibre weedguard, rubber skirt; no eyes. Sold as a structure/bottom jig under the football head keyword. Photo cropped from the 岚溪钓具 listing of the same jig. Head: football; eyes: no.
  12. KEITECH Crankin' Football 橄榄头JIG 3/8-1oz — ¥45.5 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'football headjig' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-27): original position 9 of 20; shop 乐筏路亚. Football head made for dragging and cranking bottom, fibre weedguard; no eyes. Head: football; eyes: no.
  13. Daiwa 达亿瓦 Football Jig 树脂钨钢橄榄头 — ¥30 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'football headjig' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-27): original position 10 of 20; shop 姥姥家鲈钓社. Tungsten-resin football head with fibre weedguard and rubber skirt; no eyes. Photo is a top-down shot on a dark plain background. Head: football; eyes: no.
  14. RAID Japan Foot Master 钨钢橄榄头JIG — ¥49 / item（pack count varies by option，not specified in listing）. Taobao list page 'football headjig' sorted by sales (fetched 2026-09-27): original position 12 of 20; shop 精品路亚. High-density tungsten football head, fibre weedguard, silicone skirt; no eyes. Head: football; eyes: no.

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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).

  1. Bare jig hooks
  2. Skirted jigs
  3. Casting jigs
  4. Flipping jigs
  5. Football jigs
  6. Swim jigs
  7. Finesse jigs
  8. Punch and grass jigs
  9. Tuning a jig
  10. Weedguard length and trimming
  11. Modifying the weedguard
  12. Trimming the skirt
  13. Trailer and colour
  14. Fishing a jig
  15. Jig presentations
  16. Reading the bite
  17. Hook set and fish control in cover
  18. Swimbait heads
  19. Original swimbait heads
  20. Underspin heads
  21. Texas-rigged swimbait heads
  22. Weedless swimbait heads
  23. Swing swimbait heads
  24. Darter heads
  25. Damiki rig heads
  26. Ball jig heads
  27. Original ball heads
  28. Texas-rigged ball heads
  29. Weedless ball heads
  30. Swing ball heads
  31. Strolling jigs
  32. Shank-weighted heads
  33. Hover heads
  34. Raised-CoG heads
  35. Ned heads
  36. Original Ned heads
  37. Texas-rigged Ned heads
  38. Weedless Ned heads
  39. Swing Ned heads
  40. Football jig heads
  41. Original football heads
  42. Texas-rigged football heads
  43. Weedless football heads
  44. Swing football heads
  45. Shaky heads
  46. Original shaky heads
  47. Texas-rigged shaky heads
  48. Weedless shaky heads
  49. Swing shaky heads
  50. Stand-up jig heads
  51. Tube heads
  52. Swing heads

Jig hooks and jig heads