How To Make a Double Hook Rig

To make a double hook rig, you'll need a set of heavy duty crimpers, double barrel sleeves (2.8mm Pro Rigger Double Barrel Sleeves pictured), stainless steel cable (900# Malin pictured), two hooks (11/0 "Dozers" pictured)) and chafe tubing.

Begin by sliding a sleeve and chafe tubing onto the end of the wire cable.

Bring the end of the cable back into the other side of the sleeve to form a loop as shown.

Place the sleeve in the crimping tool in order to hold it in place and tighten the loop. When the loop is tight crimp the sleeve.

Your loop should look similar to the one pictured above.

Take one of your hooks and place the cable loop in line with the back of the hook's eye. You'll need to take the leader you plan on using (530# Momoi Xtra Hard pictured) and connect the two in the loop from the leader connection. The chafe tubing you placed on the cable loop will protect the leader from becoming abraded by the cable material.

Take the lure you plan on using and slide it all the way down the leader.

With the lure in place, you will now be able to judge where to trim the cable in order to form a loop for the second hook. In this example cutting the cable at the end of the lure skirts will give us enough extra cable to work with when we form the loop for the second hook.

Remove the lure from the leader while you crimp the second hook in place. Slide your second sleeve onto the cable followed by your second hook. Be sure to run the cable through the eye of the hook so that it will face in the opposite direction of the first hook.

Bring the end of the cable back into the sleeve to form another loop.

Bring the lure back into place and adjust the position of the trailing hook. You want to run the second hook so that it sits just inside the ends of the skirt as shown.

Once you get the hook into the correct position, trim any extra cable that may be coming out of the sleeve.

Crimp the sleeve for the trailing hook. It's unnecessary to use chafe tubing on the trailing hook loop.

I.F.G.A. rules regulate how close the hooks can be to one another. Be aware that the eye of the second hook cannot meet with the bend of the first hook. It is always a good idea to check your hook sets while you are making them in order to ensure that they will be legal to fish with in tournament situations.

There are two common variations of the double hook rig. In the top example, the trailing hook is crimped directly to the loop in the leader. In the bottom example, the trailing hook is crimped into the eye of the first hook.

How to Make a Double Hook Rig