PG, While I have trouble commenting on this thread after looking at the size of Flukeyou's fish (I never came close to catching one that big), tying up the rig shown is quite simple. In the past,
the common snell knot was used to tie mono to hooks that did not even have an eye. There were hooks made in the past that just had a flatten portion on the hook's shank. If you go to the following web site:
Common Snell Fishing Knot, Snell Knot, How To Tie
you will see how the common snell knot is tied and how it should look when it is finished. While the instructions state you should pass the leader through the eye, that is an optional step for this knot. This knot is so perfect for snelling a hook, that even if you do not pass your line through the eye, it still holds very well. The knot actually gets tighter if it is stressed. If you look carefully at the knot, you will see that the sketch shown does not even show the line going through the hook's eye. I always try to keep things neat by going through the eye (once) if the hook has a turned down eye as the picture shows, or not going through the eye at all if it is a conventional eye. I do work with a pair of smooth jaw pliers and grab the end of the mono after the knot is tied and pull gently to tighten it up. Then I grab the hook itself with the pliers, and pull again to snug the knot up against the eye of the hook. Finally, I grab the end of the mono once again for a final good tug to tighten the knot up. If it takes you more than 20 seconds to complete this knot, you are doing something wrong. On the same piece of mono leader, you can now tie on the second hook exactly the same way. A couple of more points on this knot. The illustration states you need 12 turns. Nonsense! Because I am of the nervous type I might put four or five turns on, but anything over two turns will never fail. The two hook rig shown is sometimes called a "two hook pilchard rig". Even the hook sizes need not be the same. Another advantage of this knot is the second hook will stay in its exact same position relative to the first hook as you tie this knot up. In other words, where you start the knot, is where it ends up so there is no messing around adjusting the knot to get the second hook exactly where you want it. The advantage of the two hook rig becomes apparent if you like to use a large strip of Fluke belly on your rig. The upper hook holds the strip straight, so it looks decent while drifting or trolling, and the second hook (inserted into the middle of the strip) prevents misses due to the fluke biting short. I am curious if other members are going to come up with something better than the two hook pilchard rig for bait fishing as it is going to be one tough rig to beat.