Basic Hair Rig with Tubing

by Evan Cartabiano
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While a hair rig consisting of a hook and a knotless knot alone has caught countless fish and will continue to do so, a simple way to increase your hook up ratio is to add some silicone tube. There are a few different ways to do this but the general idea is the same, some on the shank for the hook and some over the eye of the hook.

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The components of this rig – hook link, hook, and silicone tubing (.5 mm).
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First, tie a small loop in one end of a section of hook link.
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Next add your bait of choice. Here is Enterprise Pop-Up sweet corn in White Fruity Pineapple.
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Add a hair stop and pull the corn up to trap it in the loop.
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Using a latch hook type baiting needle slide a small section of tubing onto the hook link from the end opposite the bait.
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Slide the piece if tubing up to near the bait and then put the hook through it avoiding nicking the hook link on the point.
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Put the line through the eye of the hook so that it exits the eye on the same side as the point of the hook and tie a knotless knot.
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Slide on another small section of tubing using the baiting needle.
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Slide the second section of tubing over the eye of the hook.
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Tie a loop in the other end of the hook link and you are done!
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Add a split shot or some putty about an inch below and you will have a rig that will sit in the water like this in the water.

So there you have it, a basic hair rig tied up with tubing. Not hard to do and will certainly help to get you more hook ups.

For a  video on trying a hair rig click here.

 

 

 

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