Eclipse LINNE RB 180g Sakuramasu SP

LINNE's flat-bladed, rear-balanced body produces a weak, subtle wobbling action that keeps working in strong current and tough-bite conditions, making it the choice when fish are unresponsive to the centre-balanced TEMMINCK in the same range. That subtlety is a deliberate trade-off against the louder, more obvious wobble of a standard flat-sided jig, aimed squarely at fish that have already seen plenty of jigs worked through the same water.

Developed and tested in Tokyo Bay for technical, high-pressure tachiuo (hairtail) jigging, it also draws seabass and aomono (blue-backed pelagic fish); heavier weights in the range suit deeper water, stronger current or the dedicated Sakuramasu glow finishes for cherry salmon jigging.

It suits one-pitch one-jerk, slow jerk, high-pitch jerk, weak jerk, and straight-retrieve techniques — rotate through them to find what the fish want on the day, leaning on the subtler jerks when bites are tentative. On the fall, keep light contact with the line rather than free-spooling completely, since tachiuo very often take a rear-balance jig like LINNE as it sinks rather than while it's being worked upward.

A dedicated tachiuo jigging rod or a boat spinning/baitcasting outfit matched to the jig weight, PE1.5-3 line scaled to the jig's weight, and a wire or heavy fluorocarbon leader to handle tachiuo's teeth. Match jig weight to depth and current rather than defaulting to one size, and check hook points regularly given how commonly tachiuo bite short on a subtle-action jig.