VMC Mustache Rig: Four Steps to Rig This Pike Bucktail

VMC Mustache Rig: serious, but a lot of fun!

The VMC Mustache Rig has become a standard part of our fishing kit. We never leave the house without at least three of them in the tackle box. It's a versatile, fun and reliable lure.

The VMC Mustache Rig is a slow-sinking bucktail with a built-in screw, available in 11 g and 20 g and in nine colours. It's a very attractive bucktail head for pike and zander. Combine it with our Charlie's Mustache Tail and you have a killer combination!

VMC Mustache Rig bucktails in several colours

The VMC Mustache Rig comes in 11 g and 20 g and in some really nice colours.

Charlie's Mustache Tail 20 cm on a VMC Mustache Rig

Combine it with a 20 cm Charlie's Mustache Tail and you're ready to go! The tails come as a 2-pack, so you always have a spare.

How to rig the Mustache Rig

It might take you a try or two, but it's worth the effort!

Step 1: Wet the bucktail

Wet the bucktail hair first. Wet hair lies flat, so you can see the screw and keep the hair out of the way.

Step 1: wetting the bucktail hair of the VMC Mustache Rig

Step 2: Make room around the screw

Push the hair back and away from the screw, so the screw is free and no hair gets caught under the tail.

Step 2: pushing the hair away from the screw of the VMC Mustache Rig

Step 3: Rig your favourite tail

Screw the tail on straight and keep turning until it sits tight against the head.

Step 3: screwing a tail onto the VMC Mustache Rig

Step 4: Fish more, talk less!

That's it: your Mustache Rig is ready to fish.

VMC Mustache Rig rigged with a tail and ready to fish

Prefer a ready-to-fish version? We also offer the Charlie's VMC Mustache Mouse Combo Sinking, pre-rigged in 11 g and 20 g and in seven colours.

Charlie's VMC Mustache Mouse Combo Sinking, pre-rigged and ready to fish

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