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[skeletor6]

It seems as though everything that I texas rig, whether that be a worm, or a hula grub, is having problems. The main problem is that the head of the worm or whatever bait I chooose seems to slide down the hook. I am using Gammy Offset EWG 3/0 hooks. Like the head of the bait slides down the hook and I have to fix it so I must be doing something wrong.

I have looked at all the rigging videos and I feel as though I am rigging it correctly, could anyone give me some advice as for what I need to do differently when texas rigging any type of bait so the head does not slide down the hook and stays up where it should?

Thank you!

[BASSHUNTER1961]

Are you pulling the eye of the hook all the way into the nose of the worm?

[cast_and_destroy]

Next time you push the hook through the nose of the worm ( first step in the texas rig ) , push it a little bit farther.

[skeletor6]

Are you pulling the eye of the hook all the way into the nose of the worm?

Yes, I am pulling it all the way down where I no longer can see the nose metal part of the hook if looking at it from the side, just the line that feeds in.

Next time you push the hook through the nose of the worm ( first step in the texas rig ) , push it a little bit farther.

So if I push the hook further down the bait vertically, before making bending it and making it exit during the first step to riggin, this should prevent that from happening?

[cast_and_destroy]

Yes it should help , but dont go to much farther down.

[skeletor6]

Yes it should help , but dont go to much farther down.

What's a good rule of thumb as of how far I should go down before exiting? Should I push it down until the hook begins its curve?

[Highhawk1948]

If nothing else push a toothpick thru the plastic and the eye of the hook than break it off even with plastic.

I have seen this done a long, long time ago.

[cody161]

I always slide the hook in to the plastic right before the bend and then I come out.

[skeletor6]

If nothing else push a toothpick thru the plastic and the eye of the hook than break it off even with plastic.

I have seen this done a long, long time ago.

That definitely would work, and seems like an old school trick forsure! But I would like to be able to rig it to where doing that is unnecessary. Is this a common problem with texas rigging? I feel it is something I am doing wrong on my end.

[skeletor6]

I always slide the hook in to the plastic right before the bend and then I come out.

So you slide the hook straight down the middle then as soon as it is deep enough to where you can see the bend approaching, you turn and punch it through in the first step? That's how deep I should penetrate in the first step?

[Highhawk1948]

You may also be inserting the point of the hook,(to make it weedless) to far down the worm pulling the head of the worm down. It really slows you down when you have to adjust the worm all of the time. Good luck. I have a problem sometime
when I start using a different creature type bait for flipping, gettine the hook just right.

[cast_and_destroy]

What's a good rule of thumb as of how far I should go down before exiting? Should I push it down until the hook begins its curve?

I push the hook all the way to the first bend and then push it though the bait .

[skeletor6]

You may also be inserting the point of the hook,(to make it weedless) to far down the worm pulling the head of the worm down. It really slows you down when you have to adjust the worm all of the time. Good luck. I have a problem sometime
when I start using a different creature type bait for flipping, gettine the hook just right.

Yeah, I may be doing that as well that makes sense. It really does slow me down and sometimes I do not notice so I'll be fishing really slow and by the time i get it back I realized my bait slid down and once it starts happening even if I reinsert the hook it just will keep happening it seems. Also, lately the lake I've been fishing is extremely weedy and grassy, which is why I've been t-rigging. So, maybe it dragging through is pulling it down. Possibly.

I'll keep everything you guys have mentioned and try to perfect my rigging of it. I'll rewatch some videos on it and see if I can get it rigged solid.

Is a fluke T-rigged on the fatside or the skinny?

[skeletor6]

I push the hook all the way to the first bend and then push it though the bait .

Okay thank you, I will do that. I probably was not going deep enough with the initial step.

[cody161]

Check out this video by Flukemaster....It's old but it is about your exact question.