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Also, remember to factor in the strength of your knots

Tiny Ned rigs belong on spinning gear

My favorite way to rig these baits is on a heavier-type football head jig with no fiber weedguard, like those on your flippin jig

Live bait is highly effective

The original models had two hooks linked together via a wire running through the center of the worm, but some anglers in Texas quickly realized that the lures could be fished more effectively if a single hook was poked down through the head, rotated, and the hook point was softly poked back into the wormrendering the presentation snag-free for fishing tight to vegetation, branches, and other underwater structure