I use either a barrel swivel or a 3-way rig. On the barrel I use anywhere from a one foot leader to a three foot leader. On the three way I adjust the length of the weight leader to the height I want the bait off of bottom and a two foot leader for the hook leader. For a hook I use a 8/0 gamakatsu octapus/circle. Different people use different hooks, it is more what you are comfortable with and what works best for you. It is best to try a few different style/size hooks to find out what works best for your type of fishing, but for troph fish I wouldn't use anything smaller than a 6/0 or 7/0. Hope this helps!

Chris

I fish a lot of areas with strong current and not a lot of bottom debri so I use a Carolina rig 99.9% of the time. The other .1% I'm farting around with a float seeing what I can get to bite on the surface. I use 8/0 - 10/0 hooks either circles or Js, and 80lb mono leader, and a 165 lb swivel (NO SNAPS OR COASTLOCKS). Shorter leaders are easier to cast, longer ones give you a little more stretch when using braid as your main line. Carolina rigs are great for using baitclickers with as well. In an area that has a lot of snags, or submerged rip rap where you loose almost every rig on almost every cast, a three way with a lighter line on the weight is the way to go. That way if the sinker hangs you can still retrieve the rest of the rig by breaking it off.

Here are a couple of rigs I use the first is a carolina rig the second is a 3 way I use to driftfish but is basicly the same just take the float off  8)


and one of the ways I rig my bait