You don’t need to keep the weight held in place, its supposed to be free moving. And your weight is on the line backwards.
LetsMakeSomeBaits on
Turn the bullet weight the other way and lose the red stopper.
Madshadow85 on
Weight should be flipped and free sliding. The only time I peg the weight is for flipping under docks/structure.
Chew-Magna on
The weight is backwards. That’ll leave it more prone to getting snagged on things. You want the smooth, round side facing “forward”.
As for the comment about pegging the weight, pegged and free are both valid and common ways to use a Texas rig. It’s unusual to use a peg between the weight and hook, usually you put a bead there. But it’ll serve the same main purpose, to prevent the weight from beating up the knot and weakening it.
A better way to set up this rig would be to flip the weight, replace the red peg with a plastic bead, and move the black peg up the line about an inch. Flipping the weight will get the weedless action those weights are designed for. Placing a bead between the weight and hook will protect the knot from the weight, and also add some noise from the weight and bead clacking together. Sound is an attractant.
An alternative way to negate the need for a bead would be to snell knot the hook. That will make it so the weight hits the hook itself and not a knot. You still get the sound attractant, and a safe knot.
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You don’t need to keep the weight held in place, its supposed to be free moving. And your weight is on the line backwards.
Turn the bullet weight the other way and lose the red stopper.
Weight should be flipped and free sliding. The only time I peg the weight is for flipping under docks/structure.
The weight is backwards. That’ll leave it more prone to getting snagged on things. You want the smooth, round side facing “forward”.
As for the comment about pegging the weight, pegged and free are both valid and common ways to use a Texas rig. It’s unusual to use a peg between the weight and hook, usually you put a bead there. But it’ll serve the same main purpose, to prevent the weight from beating up the knot and weakening it.
A better way to set up this rig would be to flip the weight, replace the red peg with a plastic bead, and move the black peg up the line about an inch. Flipping the weight will get the weedless action those weights are designed for. Placing a bead between the weight and hook will protect the knot from the weight, and also add some noise from the weight and bead clacking together. Sound is an attractant.
An alternative way to negate the need for a bead would be to snell knot the hook. That will make it so the weight hits the hook itself and not a knot. You still get the sound attractant, and a safe knot.