by Old Hand Lure Angler » Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:51 pm
It depends on where you are fishing. If there are no real fast currents, you can go weightless using the “Texposer” hook. I find it takes a lot of self restraint to fish these type of lures as slow as possible. As an alternative you could use one of those Tungston bullet weights held in place with a float stop. Great action fished this way. You can also cast further and fish in more active water.
One thing I do which aids hooking with the bullet weights is to mount the hook about a third of the way back from the nose of the lure. I thread the line through the body with a baiting needle. Not quite wedless this way, but hookpoint up is ok for bouncing over clean bottoms.