| Being an effective live worm angler isn't that | | | | amazingly successful live worm fishing technique. |
| difficult as long as the proper equipment is | | | | An effective live worm angler needs to be |
| employed. Just tying on a #4 snelled hook and | | | | efficient as well. This means having an efficient |
| "threading" a live worm onto that hook for bait is | | | | way to carry his/her live worms while fishing. The |
| not live worm fishing. That's what people who are | | | | best way to accomplish this is through the use of |
| just learning how to fish and children do. To b e | | | | a bait bag. A bait bag is simply a small bag that |
| an effective live worm angler, a little more tact | | | | attaches to your fishing vest, belt, or shirt and |
| needs to be employed. Remember there's being a | | | | carries your worms while fishing. This way your |
| live worm angler and there's being a person with | | | | worms are always literally at your fingertips, |
| a package of snelled hooks and a Styrofoam | | | | waiting to be used, rather than being stuffed |
| container full of worms. There's a BIG difference. | | | | away somewhere in the Styrofoam container |
| Live worm anglers catch fish, the other person is | | | | that they were purchased in. |
| just out playing games. | | | | These two tips will help you be a much more |
| You see to me, an effective live worm angler is | | | | effective live worm angler. There's simply no |
| every bit the "artist" that fly fishermen have | | | | reason to treat fishing like it's just "something to |
| been purported to be. An effective live worm | | | | do", just because you prefer to fish with live |
| angler spends time practicing their craft and | | | | worms. As I said, when done properly, live worm |
| always pays attention to things like the weather | | | | angling is every bit the art form that fly fishing |
| and moon and how these factors relate to their | | | | has ever been considered to be. This may not sit |
| fishing. The first thing that needs to be considered | | | | well with the 'flea flickers' of the world, but that |
| is how live worms are presented as bait. To be | | | | doesn't make it any less true. I think the reverend |
| effective, live worms need to be presented the | | | | McLain said it best when he said,"anyone who |
| same way they appear in nature, which of course | | | | does not know how to catch a fish, should not be |
| is outstretched, the way they appear in nature. | | | | able to disgrace that fish by catching it." Amen |
| The easiest way to present live worms in a | | | | reverend, amen. And in my humble opinion, this |
| natural manner is through the use of gang hooks. | | | | goes as much for live worm angling as it does |
| In case you don't know what gang hooks are, | | | | any form of angling. |
| they are simply a pair of small hooks tied in | | | | Trevor Kugler is co-founder of and an avid angler. |
| tandem, thus enabling live worms to be presented | | | | He has more than 20 years experience fishing for |
| in a totally natural manner. Which is outstretched, | | | | all types of fish, and 15 years of business and |
| the way God intended. Rigging a live worm in a | | | | internet experience. He currently raises his three |
| set of gang hooks, then letting that offering flow | | | | year old daughter in the heart of trout fishing |
| naturally with the current of a river or stream, | | | | country…..Montana! |
| while bouncing off the bottom as it drifts, is an | | | | |