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A rigged eel works fairly well with nothing else attached, but many saltwater fishermen also rig them with various gadgets and weights to give action, or weight for casting. One way to do this is to attach a small metal squid at the head of the eel, as shown in Fig. 113. You need a small, wide metal squid which has an eye in the middle of the body to which the line leading to the hooks is attached. Or you can drill two holes in the metal squid, tie the line to them, and rig your eel in the same manner as described above. To attach the metal squid you force the hook through the neck of the eel and out on top, then tie the line protruding from the eel's mouth to the eye on top of the squid or to the two holes whichever the metal squid has. Finally, tie several turns of thin fishing line around the eel's head, lashing it to the metal squid. Figure 113. Eel rigged with small metal squid.
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