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There's no telling who it was, but as the Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine even says, "Then that anonymous angler took a bare plastic worm and devised what came to be known as the Texas rig

Both jigs can be sweetened with a whole minnow to add crappie-catching appeal

Ive experimented with using several different loop knots to attach lures and have decided I prefer the Rapala Loop Knot for any lure that has a fixed eye (clinch-style knots work well for attaching to split rings, as the split ring allows movement)

And its super easy to fish just drop it down there on a medium or medium heavy spinning rod (some guys will use a baitcaster), and give it a slight lift, just enough to feel it vibrate, and then drop it back down

As always, before my fingers get greasy, I install all of the parts on the rotor

Final Thoughts The best rod and reel combos take the guesswork out of matching a rod to a reel