How to Tie a Texas Rig for Fishing
As an angler, you may face scenarios where you know fish are hanging out in the weeds below your boat, but the vegetation is simply too dense to use your favorite baits in. Plastic worms and lizards that you know will attract fish snag constantly, as the weeds catch on the hook. The Texas rig, a way to make plastic baits weed-less and unable to snag on plants and brush in the water, is your best option in such a predicament.
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Instructions
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Thread a bullet sinker onto your fishing line with the tapered end of the weight pointing away from the end of the line. The bullet sinker helps to clear the way for your plastic worm as you reel in line, cutting through the water and the weeds. It also adds weight to your presentation, helping it to sink to the bottom.
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Tie an offset worm hook to your line. Use an improved clinch knot to attach the hook, which you will notice has a bend equaling 90 degrees that exists in the shaft of the hook near the hook’s eye. The shaft then has another 90 degree bend going in the opposite direction from the first, “offsetting” the shaft.
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Hold a plastic worm and squeeze it slightly near its thickest end, letting it hang downward. Stick the point of the offset worm hook into the end where you are squeezing, between your thumb and forefinger. Push the hook in, pull gently and carefully, and then bring it out between a quarter inch and a half inch from where it first went in. The hook should go in the end, but come out on the worm’s side, making the worm dangle freely when you let it go.
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Move the hanging worm around the bend of the hook, up the shaft and over the offset portion near the eye. The end of the worm should now be right up close to where the eye exists. The worm should hang freely down, kept in position by the bend in the shaft.
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Spin the hook’s point so that it now faces your plastic worm. Look at the hanging plastic bait and pick a spot in its middle. Push the hook’s point in at that spot, but only about three quarters of the way. Refrain from letting it come out the other side of the worm. By keeping your hook’s point in the worm’s soft plastic body, you protect it from exposure to the weeds that will foul it as you fish. Try to select a spot to push the hook in that allows the worm to dangle as straight as it can. This will make it look more natural as you fish it.
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