A few years before the start of the new millennium a ‘new’ technique burst onto the global angling scene and very quickly established itself as the method of choice for many travelling anglers: speed jigging. The backbone of speed jigging was a short and very powerful rod, matched with a high-speed retrieve reel loaded with braided line. But it was the jigs that initially caught the eye of most anglers. Rather than being fitted with a, then standard, treble hook, these beautifully crafted lures were rigged with either a single or pair of ‘assist hooks.’ Assist hooks are very strong, very sharp, short shank hooks which are attached at the top of the lure via a length of braided tubing so that they dangle approximately midway along the length of
