Hooks have been designed to hold the worms better, either with the offset hook or barbs on the neck of straight shank hooks. We now have available wide gap offset, wide gap straight, light wire and heavy wire or bronze and nickel - just about any type hooks for any size plastic bait. Bullet weights are the most commonly used weight for Texas rigs and you can get them in the old standard lead, brass, steel or the new Tungsten Nickel. You can enhance your Texas rig with a brass weight and even glass beads like the Venom Glass Rattle. In some cases you may want to peg the weight with the new Peg-It rubber peg wedges or the old way, with a toothpick.
Several companies make a screw-lock type weight that screws onto the worm to keep it secure.
The Texas rig is simple in its form. Simply slide a weight onto the line and tie on the hook. On a lizard the best way is toward the belly and on a worm away from the tail curl. Pull the hook through and turn the hook 180 degrees pulling the eye of the hook down until it reaches the head of the bait. Hold the bait where the bend of the hook meets the bait body, hold the bait at that point and bring the bait up to the point and push the point through at that area.