When rigging Texas rigged soft plastics do you usually want the plastic cover your knot?

I generally cover my knot and hook eye. 

Upon initial rigging I do it, but inevitably after the first fish, or the first couple of times you have to reset the placement, the bait slides down.

 

It's a good idea because of the way a T-Rig weight slams down on the knot.  

 

That's not a concern for me since I've abandoned the T-Rig 90% of the time in favor of a free rig

I make certain it is when rigged weightless or unpegged. 
When pegged I’m not 

 

 

 

 

Mike

100 percent of the time but barely . If the worm is damaged to where the knot is visible then I clip the damaged part off.

When I cut the tag end of my knot I leave about 1/64th inch or less, then I bury it in the plastic. 

not mostly.  I peg mine most of the time and leave just enough knot and hook exposed so the weight isn't pushing the plastic back onto the hook.  The plastic stays in place better I find when pulling it through cover.  If you put to much past the eye of the hook then the weight is constantly pushing it back onto the hook.

 

All bets are off after 2 fish.

Texas “style” weedless hooked soft plastics can be used any time a soft plastic is fished. I used Texas hooked works for soft plastics for Brass’n Glass rigged Texas, drop shot, split-slip shot, Carolina rigged, Florida rig*.

To me it’s import the hook eye is about 1/16 inside the soft plastic nose no further and rigged straight.

I use straight shank worm hooks when Texas rigging w/sliding bullet weight and prefer glass faceted bead between the weight (brass ‘n glass) and hook eye.
Tom

* pegged bullet weight.

 

I start off with the eye and knot covered, but after a few fish they become exposed.  If I'm getting bites after the eye is exposed I just keep fishing it.

I put the hook eye and knot inside the worm, unless I am using a bullet weight, then I leave the eye barely exposed. I trim my tag end to about 1/16" also.

 

I don't think it makes any difference to the fish whether or not the hook eye is covered or slightly exposed. What does make a difference is the way you wiggle the worm.

I dont bury the hook eye or the knot.