Texas rig

[1][2] It comprises a bullet weight or similar sliding fishing sinker, an offset worm hook, and a soft plastic lure.Some anglers believe that the added noise or color provided by the bead serves some advantage in attracting fish, especially in stained or muddied water, as the clicking sound of the weight hitting the bead may imitate the sound of a crayfish, a common food for freshwater bass and similar trophy fish.Some variants of the Texas rig call for the weight to be "stopped" (i.e. made unable to slide back-and-forth on the line).The former approach, sometimes referred to as a Texpose rig, increases the likelihood of a fish being hooked when it strikes, while the latter approach, sometimes referred to as a weedless Texas rig,[5] reduces the likelihood of the hook getting caught on underwater debris.In order to reduce the rate of the lure's descent and allow for greater finesse in moving it to entice fish, some fishermen leave out the weight altogether; this is often referred to as a weightless Texas rig.
Diagram of a Texas rig comprising a soft plastic worm (green), bullet weight (grey), hook (black), and fishing line (blue)
A Texas-rigged ribbontail worm
Insert the point of the hook into the nose of the bait, pushing the hook back out of the lure about 1 ⁄ 4 inch (6.4 mm) from the nose of the lure.
Work the hook through the hole created in Step 1 until the lure reaches the "shoulder" of the hook.
Flip the hook over so that the point is facing the lure.
Insert the hook back into/through the lure.
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