Another version of that is to take a pop rivet and insert the tube part into the nose of the bait. Then your line runs inside the tube. You will go through fewer baits and the tube, while not heavy at all, will give the fluke a little more weight. The only downside to this is if you are like me and run a swivel about 2 feet above the bait, then when you retie you have to retie everything from the the swivel down. I tend to use the EWG hook more now because of the way and speed I am fishing it, but the treble will stick more fish. Glad Rob shared his "secret" rig.
You can get some “free to me” coffee stirrers at the gas station and cut them into small pieces to put in the nose of the bait as a slide for the line through to keep from ripping up the baits and to make them slide up and down your line easier. Just be sure to take something like the point of a nail weight and use it to kind of flare out each end of the coffee stirrer after you cut it and before you insert it into the bait. That way it smooths any potentially sharp edges left by cutting it. That way it doesn’t damage your line at all.
