Titanium Umbrella Rig

Is titanium ( not tungsten) the better material for umbrella rig arms?

I wouldn't think so. Not the arms. They need to flex a bit and tungsten doesn't.

The design is more important
I have a strike king titanium umbrella rig and much prefer the significantly cheaper yum flash mob

Tungsten or titanium???

Oops! I meant titanium

The better material with those is the least expensive rig, or at least for me... I can’t justify throwing a $30 hawg farmer etc...

I like the IDEA behind the titanium rigs, and I bought a few of them when they first came out. You don't ever have to bend the wires out like on a flash mob jr. But the ones I had were flimsy wires, the baits don't fan out when you're reeling them in, they are all bunched up in a real tight group. Just didn't feel like I was getting as many bites on them.

I’ve used the Strike King Tour titanium rig. The titanium wires break on big fish. Ruining the rig and losing the fish.

Flash mob all the way. I never catch anything on it but it's the only one I throw. Lol

Are the flash mobs a good quality product?

They are not the greatest quality but have good action and are widely available for $10
If around bigger fish, upgrading the snaps, swivels, and hooks/jig heads would be a good idea (but you’d end up almost tripling the cost)

They are smaller and lighter than most a-rigs, so you don’t have to throw them on a ridiculous 8foot extra heavy broomstick

You guys that are liking the Flash Mob need to try mine. Customers tell me they are pretty close but mine will hold up better. Plus they are on sale for the next few days. Enter Christmas20 and you can get 20 % off on them. My little Mini Rig is another good one.

https://www.flatlandscustomtackle.com/store/p87/Skooly_Rig_Junior.html

Hog Farmer is the best without a doubt!

I’ve been throwing the Flash Mob Jr the last couple months Striper fishing. I’ve been pretty impressed with how they’ve held up. The only broken arms or swivels have been on foul hooked arms. Haven’t lost a single fish. I’m getting 2-3 trips out of each rig, 10-20 stripers per trip.

I have been excessively throwing the same 2 Hog Farmer's for almost 3 years now and never had failure on blades, swivels, split rings, or wires. It was worth every penny because I know with the largemouth and striper I have caught on those rigs I would've had to buy 8-10 Flash Mob's. Definitely worth the money and confidence in your equipment.

So from reading the posts basically you either pay up front for a good bait or you keep replacing cheaper baits in smaller increments. Either way you probably still end up spending about the same. Most prefer low initial cost.

Hog Farmer all the way. A-rig is not a lure I use all year mostly just when the water is cooler and in the fall. So I don’t mind spending the money when ur only gonna need to own 2 hog farmers for a whole year lol

http://www.nekidtackle.com/new-products-1/60-lb-duo-lock-with-2-willow-blade-ronrigs

This guy is in Lewisville and makes the best one I’ve used. Still have a few that are 2 years old and I throw them a lot.

Which Hog Farmer are y’all using?

https://hogfarmerbaits.com/products/hog-farmer-baits-5-arm-rig?variant=13090819178547

Thank ya

Titanium rig is good in theory due to the flex for a couple of reasons but the ones I have tried (all SK) have had an arm break off pretty quickly so now I do not throw them.