Another Worm Hook Hack

[papajoe222]

Hopefully I can explain this so you can visualize how to do it.  First, you need a barrel swivel with line ties big enough to pass a hook point/barb through.

Now pass the end of your line through one of the openings. Then tie on your hook and run the point through the nose of your worm as you'd normally do, but before inserting the hook point back into the worm or plastic to make it a weedless rig, run the barrel swivel up the line so you have enough slack to run the hook point through the other opening in the swivel. Now when you pull on the line, the swivel will have one eye above the worm and the other under the bend in the hook.  Finish rigging the worm and try pulling its tail.  The swivel will keep the worm from sliding down the hook.

I use this hack frequently on my C-rigs when using big/long worms, mainly because I already am using a swivel for the rigging.  I waste very few worms, even when catching multiple fish. The ones I do, almost always tear off below the hook bend and I've yet to have one slip down the hook and ball up at the bend.

[A-Jay]

I think you explained it well.

And if I understand this correctly, a Parasite Clip works too.

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Parasite_Clips_Stainless_Bait_Keepers_10pk/descpage-PC.html

I use the small and medium sizes mostly myself.

Been using them effectively for many years.

A-Jay

 

 

[scaleface]

I saw that tip many years ago in Bassmaster magazine . A reader sent it in . It works real well . I dont do it any more since discovering VMC offset hooks . They have a unique bend that keeps the worm in place and rarely do I have one slide down the shank anymore .