Standard Texas Rig · Hooks and jigheads · Canada

Standard Texas Rig — Choose hook shape, wire gauge and head weight for this presentation. Match the exact hook size to the bait; a product series can contain several incompatible sizes.

Rig guide · Standard Texas Rig

• Gamakatsu G-Finesse Hybrid Worm Hook — fishingworld.ca 'bass-hooks' collection, best-selling sort #2; also anglingsports.ca 'bait-hooks' #29; round bend with a gap clearly wider than a narrow worm hook but short of an EWG belly (a worm/EWG hybrid); Tournament Grade Wire = fine wire; unweighted, no keeper Gap: wide gap; wire: fine; weighted: no; keeper: offset step only.
• VMC Worm Hook (black nickel) — anglingsports.ca 'bait-hooks' collection, best-selling sort #50; kept only offset-worm-fine hooks from that list; VMC rates it for light-to-medium lines, i.e. standard wire; offset round bend
• Gamakatsu Offset Shank Worm Hook Round Bend — anglingsports.ca 'bait-hooks' collection, best-selling sort #15; re-filed from offset-worm-fine: the round bend gives a medium/wide gap (Gamakatsu: 'round bend for a larger bite area'), wider than the Z-bend Offset Shank Worm Hook; standard (fine) wire; unweighted, no keeper Gap: wide gap; wire: fine; weighted: no; keeper: offset step only.
• Gamakatsu Offset Shank Worm Hook — anglingsports.ca 'bait-hooks' collection, best-selling sort #60; kept only offset-worm-fine hooks from that list; standard wire, narrow-gap offset shank
• VMC RedLine Hybrid Wide Gap — fishingworld.ca 'bass-hooks' collection, best-selling sort #44; also anglingsports.ca 'bait-hooks' #171; hybrid shank with a wide (not extra-wide) gap; extra-light Vanadium steel = fine wire (VMC sells a separate RedLine Heavy Duty Wide Gap); unweighted, no keeper Gap: wide gap; wire: fine; weighted: no; keeper: offset step only.
• Berkley Fusion19 Offset Worm Hook — anglingsports.ca 'bait-hooks' collection, best-selling sort #65; kept only offset-worm-fine hooks from that list; standard offset shank with round bend per Berkley
• Gamakatsu Offset Worm Round Bend (Nano Alpha) — anglingsports.ca 'bait-hooks' collection, best-selling sort #152; re-filed from offset-worm-fine: same round-bend medium/wide gap as the plain Offset Shank Worm Round Bend, Nano Alpha coating; standard (fine) wire; unweighted, no keeper; single-store position beyond 60, kept only because it was already ranked Gap: wide gap; wire: fine; weighted: no; keeper: offset step only.
• Owner All Purpose Worm Hook — anglingsports.ca 'bait-hooks' collection, best-selling sort #75; kept only offset-worm-fine hooks from that list; round bend; Owner rates it X-strong (1X, below the 3X heavy line), so standard gauge
• Owner Cutting Point Offset Worm Hook — anglingsports.ca 'bait-hooks' collection, best-selling sort #78; kept only offset-worm-fine hooks from that list; standard-wire narrow-gap offset worm hook
• VMC 8313 Offset Worm Round Bend — anglingsports.ca 'bait-hooks' collection, best-selling sort #188; kept only offset-worm-fine hooks from that list; standard-wire round-bend offset