I’m having a lot of trouble keeping Texas rigged beaver baits (Bandito Bugs and Palmetto Bugz) up on a basic EWG hook.  I was looking at trying the Mustad KVD Grip Pin hooks instead, but I’d hate to think all the hooks I have might become waste.  I tried rigging a B-Bug on a swimbait hook and that might work, but it didn’t sit quite the same.  Now I’m considering super gluing a little wire tab onto the neck of an EWG to see if I can make them hold a bait better.

What hooks or tricks do you folks use for t-rigging beaver baits, to keep them from sliding down?

Owner twistlock.

Straight Flipping hooks with a keeper work well. They will tear up the head of a bandito quicker, but palmettos are great. The keeper really gets stuck in the elaztech and holds it on. 
 

a wire keeper on an ewg might work. I also find that hooking the head deeper helps too. I used to just go into the head enough that the eye of the hook was still out of the plastic. Then I put it just inside the plastic but the knot was still out. Now I will bury it almost an eighth inch further so there is an eighth inch of line inside the plastic. 

Been using parasite clips for years.

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/search-tackle.html?start=0&count=30&searchtext=parasite+clip

Holds the bait on an ewg or round bend hook

as well as preventing it from sliding down the shank on the strike and balling up/covering the hook point.

Goes on between the weight & the hook, 

Size small & medium will do most everything.  

Hook sizes from 1/0 - 6/0

A-Jay

Glen posted tip about just this, using 80lb. mono and running a piece through the bait and hook eye. I haven't had a bait slip down the hook, or tear off since I started doing this.  I caught 21 bass on one Dinger before I changed it, only because it was chewed up bad.

8 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Been using parasite clips for years.

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/search-tackle.html?start=0&count=30&searchtext=parasite+clip

Holds the bait on an ewg or round bend hook

as well as preventing it from sliding down the shank on the strike and balling up/covering the hook point.

Goes on between the weight & the hook, 

Size small & medium will do most everything.  

Hook sizes from 1/0 - 6/0

A-Jay

I do the same but with a small barrel swivel. I also slide one or two bobber stops up against the knot, keeps the sinker from pushing the bait down.

Sometimes I use a parasite type clip that I make and sometimes I use a homemade keeper on the hook.

 

3 minutes ago, Jig Man said:

Sometimes I use a parasite type clip that I make and sometimes I use a homemade keeper on the hook.

Is that home made keeper in the bottom pic just a piece of shrink tube?  Because I just found a YouTube video on using shrink tubing and am going to try that.

33 minutes ago, The Baron said:

Is that home made keeper in the bottom pic just a piece of shrink tube?  Because I just found a YouTube video on using shrink tubing and am going to try that.

Yes it is.  Harbor Freight special.

Parasite clips and the swivels work great .

 

   Another thing . After a fish is caught , the tip section of the worm  is damaged and likely to ball up   on the next hook set . Bite a half inch off and re-rig it . I bite them off a couple of times , then keep the tail section for neds or other more finesse situations .

The old tooth pick through the hook eye or Glenn’s heavy mono to peg the worm head has worked for decades, inexpensive and invisible.

I started using rubber Peg-It through the hook eye after tying it the hook on, pull until snug then cut off about 1/8” on both sides of the eye before rigging worms on all types of hooks, works good for me.

Tom

I dont mind the Mustad grip pin hooks but they use to make ones that didnt have that epoxy cover that were great.

On an EWG, I’ve started pulling the plastic over the hook eye a bit. This with the tip above about hooking the plastic a bit deeper works pretty well for me.

Typically when I hook a fish, the plastic travels up my line above the hook with minimal damage, and it takes no time to get it ready for another cast.