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.

ItemDetail
ModelsGene Larew Biffle HardHead, Gamakatsu Tungsten Hybrid Swing Head, Dirty Jigs Pivot Point, X Zone Tungsten Swing Football, VMC Swingin' Rugby
Weight3/16–1 oz (5.3–28 g)
Baits3.5–4.5" (9–11.5 cm) craws and creatures
WhereOffshore rock, ledges, points; summer and fall
AlsoEvery swing head is on the swing-head page too

Top 10 in four markets

United States

  1. 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).
  2. 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).
  3. 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).
  4. 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).
  5. 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).
  6. 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).
  7. 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).
  8. 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).
  9. 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).
  10. 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

  1. 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).
  2. 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).
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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).

Japan

  1. 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).
  2. 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).
  3. 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).
  4. 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).
  5. 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).

China

  1. 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).

  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