How to Texas Rig a Plastic Worm

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Slip a bullet sinker

   The eye of the hook should be just at the top of the worm.
   
   The offset should hold the main wire of the hook outside the worm so the worm can hang straight down toward the point. ,, Make sure you keep the worm straight so the hook is going back into the same side of the worm that it came out of up top. , When you are done doing this, the worm should make a straight line between the point and the eye of the hook. ,, Rigged like this, the worm will slip through weeds without getting snagged, but it is still easy to set the hook.
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   Step 2: preferably made from something other than lead

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   Step 3: such as brass or ceramic

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   Step 4: onto your line by inserting the line into the pointed end of the sinker.

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   Step 5: Tie on an offset worm hook using your favorite fishing knot.

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   Step 6: Insert about 1/4 of an inch of the point of the hook straight into the top of the worm.

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   Step 7: Turn the hook point and exit the worm at the side of the head.

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   Step 8: Slide the worm up the hook toward the eye

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   Step 9: twisting it around the hook wire as you slide it

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    Step 10: so that the point of the hook will be facing the worm.

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    Step 11: Allow the worm to hang straight down and put your finger and thumb on the worm right at the point that the bend of the hook reaches.

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    Step 12: Keeping your thumb and finger on that spot

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    Step 13: bend the worm so that you can insert the point of the hook into the worm at a right angle.

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    Step 14: Push the point all the way through the worm.

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    Step 15: Now push up on the worm just a little so you can slip the point of the hook just under the surface of the plastic.

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    Step 16: Once the point is hidden beneath the surface

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    Step 17: the Texas Rig is called "weedless" or "skin-hooked".

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