Fold a length of wire once
and twist it together to make
a rigid needle with an eye.

Make a small cut in the belly of the squid,
right in the centre, and about 2/3 of the way
back toward the tail.

Push the eye of your needle under the mantle
of the squid and out through the small cut.

Thread the end of your leader through
the eye of your needle.

Retrieve the needle
from the squid's mantle,
pulling the end of the leader
through with it.

Tie on the hook.

Shown here is the nail knot.

Insert the hook in the bait. Start
under the head with the hook point
facing back toward the tentacles.

Push the hook point into, then out
from the underside of the head,
but not too deep.

Be careful not to push it through the head
which will choke the hook
and prevent solid hook-ups.

Push a wire straight through the
underside of the squid about halfway
between the tip of the tail
and where the leader emerges
from the belly.

Cross both ends of the wire
through the tip of the tail.

Lay the lower wire tag alongside the leader
at the tail and wind the upper wire tag tightly
around both the leader and the lower tag
in a barrel roll.
Make sure there is some slack
in the leader between the barrel roll
and the hook, so the bait doesn't bend.

Make at least 7 very tight wraps,
then bend the wire tag
into a crank handle and rotate
until it breaks flush with the barrel roll.

Do exactly the same with the other wire tag.

This bait may be drifted deep or trolled along the surface
for Marlin, Sailfish Yellowfin Tuna and Dorado.

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Australian Fishing Network, the publishers of
the "Complete Book of Knots and Rigs" by Geoff Wilson.

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