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Then Id slide the point of the hook through the nose of the worm, come out after about 1/2 inch and slide that part over the eye of the hook, finishing the bait off by running the point of the hook through the midsection of the worm and tucking the tip back under soft plastic just barely to make it as weedless as possible

Im not going to tell you to use such a light line because I use and recommend the 8-pound mainline for most Great Lakes steelhead fishing

This is done by either working the bucktail jig back more quickly or using a bucktail with a lighter jighead

For that, the Kestrel SE or Kestrel 1000 SFS makes more sense

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