If they’re not going to be changing lures or rigs a lot, and if whatever they have at the end of the line doesn’t tend to spin when retrieved, then a snap swivel is not even needed and only ...

You can also make your own lure retriever using heavy sinkers if you don’t have an actual lure retriever handy. Use a snap swivel to slide them down your line. You can even use an old spark plug.

They can be crimped singly or in a series to a main fishing line or onto a “dropper line.” They can also be pinched onto a swivel, snap, or another sinker above a lure or bait to help get it deep.

Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures ...

They’re used most often for creating bait rigs. Your main line is tied to one eyelet, while a leader running to your hook or lure is connected to a second eyelet. The remaining eyelet carries the ...

We find ourselves back in the saltwater, this time using top water plugs targeting striper and bluefish. For attached your top water plug to your line, you can tie it direct, though I suggest using a ...

Another change I've made to the original straw lure is I use a single hook, not a treble. Almost any bronze hook with a straight, moderately long shank is fine, size 4 to 1/0.

At its simplest form, put a ¼- to ½-ouncewalking sinker on your line ahead of a barrel swivel. Then run a 3- to 6-foot snell to a plain hook tipped with a minnow or leech. This low-profile rig ...