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I don't bother with the solder on my riggies. Here is how I secure the heads on mine:
- make sure the eye of the head hook it closed tight
- run the line from the tail hook up the head hook shank and pass it through the eye
- make a series of 6 - 8 half hitches starting at the eye and working back down the hook
- as long as your eye is completely closed, the line will not slip
- jam the hook back down the throat and wrap the head on to the hook. The knot I use for this is hard to explain, and you may be best off going with Al's way here
As far as exposed head hook, I leave quite a bit coming out the throat of the eel. Just enough of the hook is in the eels head to cover the half hitches. Do yourself a favor and swim the eels in the day time to get a feel for what action produces what. I like to mark my bags that each one is kept in as to how they swim. Each one is a little different due to eel weight and rigging.
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