Swimming Texas Rig (Swim Worm)

Ver nageur à queue paddle ou swimbait monté en Texas sur un petit plomb balle bloqué, ramené régulièrement à travers et au-dessus des herbiers : un swimbait weedless pour la végétation.

Also known as: swim worm · speed worm · Texas-rigged swimbait · weedless swimbait

The most-fished bass rig in the world: one offset hook, one bullet weight, and every soft plastic ever made.

• Always an offset (Texas) hook — the point buried in the bait is what makes it weedless
• The weight decides everything: pegged for cover, sliding for open bottom, weightless for the fall
• Hook size follows bait length: 3/0 finesse for 3.5 in, 6/0-8/0 heavy for 7 in+
• Lost fish are a rigging problem first, a hookset problem second

1. What it is — A Texas rig fished horizontally instead of on the bottom: a 4-6 in (10-15 cm) paddle-tail swim worm, speed worm or swimbait body on a 3/0-4/0 swimbait offset hook —…
2. When it wins — Submerged grass in 1-3 m (3-10 ft), post-spawn through fall, especially when bass are chasing bluegill and shad along grass edges and over the tops of grass beds…
3. When it fails — Clean bottom with no grass (a swimbait head or bladed jig out-fishes it), clear calm water with inactive fish (they get a long look and refuse), and deep fish. It is a…
4. Gear notes — 7'-7'3" (2.1-2.2 m) medium-heavy moderate-fast casting rod (a bit of give keeps the fish pinned on a moving bait), 6.4:1-7.1:1 reel, 17-20 lb fluorocarbon or 30-40 lb…