If I’m wacky rigging, I’m using a Jackall flick shake worm on a weighted wacky hook. I’m too impatient to go weightless. Drag like a shakey or t rig. Works great in the dead heat of summer. Med/light rod, 12 lb flouro.

When I do fish a Senko or a trick worm wacky style I use the Falcon lure wacky hook with the weed guard. They have weighted and weightless. I use a o ring for Senko’s and I just sack hook the trick worms. Both I throw on a 7’ bait casting rod with 15lb fluorocarbon. Due to the lack of grass and all of the snags present on the north end of Rayburn I normally Texas rig .

there is a huge difference between a true wacky worm and a wacky rigged senko.

casting setup, o-rings off amazon and common sense hooksets. Since I fish heavy vegetation I started making my own weedless hooks per this video posted awhile back by James

DIY Add a Weedguard to Your Wacky Hooks

great advice! I use the finacky type weighted hooks. Senko's idea is easier and cheaper. use 12# flouro to a 20# white braid on a spinning setup. I can see my line easier this way (old age is creeping up)

Truth. I rig both very differently.

There is not a wrong way to rig or fish a wacky worm. There are multiple ways to rig it. Some are much better around brush than others.

I fish wacky about 50% of the time. I use a baitcaster, circle or octopus hooks, weightless, 50 lb braid with 20 lb fluorocarbon leader and any color senko (as long as they are green). The circle and octopus hooks only need a "to the side sweeping motion" but that could be because there is no stretch with the braid. I also use o-rings and it saves the worm on a lot of the fish. The o-ring lets the worm slide up the line undamaged most of the time.

This is a presentation that I’m gonna utilize more this year. I always use a 1/32 weight because in any wind, I don’t feel the bait stays in the strike zone long enough. Almost weightless wacky!

Fin”aky” Mustad hooks. Get the 1/32 weighted ones. Getting hard to find. These are magic hooks.

You are not alone. I all but quite fishing big Senkos for awhile due to line twist. On a whim added a swivel w/ leader...issue solved. As you mentioned with a big enough swivel it acts like a Carolina rig with a wacky worm action.

Casting
14 lbs. line
Gamakatsu weedless finesse hook
Zoom Trick worm
1/2 nail in the head.

I never go fishing unless I have one spinning rod set- up and one baitcaster set -up for weightless wacky rigging . 10Lb , 1/0 on the spinning , 12lb 1/0 for a baitcaster . = 5" any green Senko
In the wintertime , I look for rock piles in the 30-40 foot range , with either ledges close , or flat's close --- throw that weightless wacky --- takes about 30-40 seconds to reach bottom , but for some reason finicky bass just want it that way ---If I tie up dshot wacky senko in the same area -- I don't get nearly as many bites .

Wacky has become a big player in my arsenal....and dangit, it works.
My fave set-up.....
VMC Wacky Weedless hook 2/0
Strike King Ocho (anything dark)
6'10" Med/fast Lews, Speed Spool
35lb braid (my line of choice across the board)
Lightly pitch into the grass at banks edge.....pull out just a bit....
Hang on.
Getcha some!