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Weedless Wacky Worm Hook

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I was ask by one of the members on here if I would get some pictures and description of the process I use to tie my Weedless Wacky Worm hook. I came up with this because the lake I fish is loaded with Salt Cedar and Mesquite and the Gamakatsu Weedless Finesse hook wasn't cutting it. The weedguard was so soft that the second I got into any brush it popped open. I could bury the point in the bait like some do, but that tears the baits up so bad on each fish and again the brush was pushing the point through. So I came up with this, not 100% weedless, not fishless, but works for me.

I use the 3/0 or 4/0 Gamakatsu Finesse Widegap hook. You will need a fly tying vise and a fly tying bobbin to hold the thread. I got cheap ones at Bass Pro. Some fly tying/rod winding thread. For the weedguard I got the cheapest 50lb line I could find at Walmart----the stiffer the better.

First I cut a 4.5 piece of the mono. I start by just winding a few loops of thread around the hook about 1/8 behind the eye to attach the thread to the hook for starters. I then wrap the mono to the hook with most of it sticking out over the hook eye. Be sure and leave about 1/8 between the wraps around the hook and the hook eye as you can see in this picture.

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Next, take the mono and loop it back toward the hook point and down along the edge of the mono that is wrapped on the hook. This makes the weedguard loop. The top of the loop is usually about ¼ above the hook point. Let the extra mono stick out past the hook eye. Wrap the mono now ahead of where the first wrap stopped toward the eye in the 1/8 gap you left between the first wrap and the hook eye. Wrap it as needed to hold the mono in place. You can pull on the mono to make the loop larger or smaller if needed. Here is what it should look like at this point.

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Next I use Dikes to cut the mono as close as possible behind the hook eye. BUT DON'T CUT THE THREAD (voice of experience). I then make 3-4 half hitches with the thread around the hook just behind the eye. This is what it will then look like.

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Next use some rod varnish, fly tying varnish, any varnish, epoxy, ., to coat the thread to hold and protect it. It should be ready to catch some fish. I use this with o-rings I get at Lowes/Home Depot in the plumbing section for my wacky rigs. I have good luck with Zoom Finesse and Trick worms; seem to give more action to me than Senko's.  Good luck and good fishing.

Thank you Jim, this is an excellent tutorial!

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