| The title of this article may sound crazy, as it | | | | natural manner. When you're fishing with a live |
| seems that fishing with live worms is simple, but | | | | worm, shouldn't it look like a live worm? To me, |
| the truth is to be truly effective while fishing with | | | | this only makes sense, and a set of gang hooks |
| live worms, one simple thing should be done. You | | | | allows for this to happen. |
| see, most anglers take a live worm, "thread" that | | | | Gang hooks are attached to your line using a |
| live worm onto a hook, and call it good. The | | | | small barrel swivel to prevent line twist, and split |
| problem with this method is that the worm ends | | | | shot sinkers for weight. If this rig, baited with a |
| up looking anything but natural. As a matter of | | | | live worm, is allowed to flow with the current of a |
| fact, it ends up looking more like a worm ball than | | | | river or stream, bouncing off the bottom as it |
| anything else. A worm ball is fine if your | | | | goes, you will catch more fish. The same rig can |
| interested in catching small and inexperienced fish, | | | | be used under a bobber for lake fishing, and all |
| but the larger and more experienced fish won't | | | | that has to be done for still fishing is to slip an egg |
| fall for such a sophomoric approach to worm | | | | sinker onto your line before tying on the barrel |
| fishing. | | | | swivel. Gang hooks are, without question, the best |
| Ask your self this question. What does a live | | | | and most effective way to fish with a live worm. |
| worm look like? What would it look like under | | | | The bottom line is that learning to catch fish with |
| water, if you just threw a worm into the water? | | | | live worms begins with a set of gang hooks. Gang |
| This is what you want your live worm to look like | | | | hooks can be tied yourself or purchased "ready |
| when you're using it as bait, rather than some | | | | to fish", the choice is yours. What's truly |
| sort of worm ball. How often do you see a worm | | | | important is that you begin using gang hooks |
| ball in nature? Never. That's why, when fishing | | | | sooner rather than later. I've been using gang |
| with live worms, a set of gang hooks should be | | | | hooks for all of my live worm angling for more |
| employed. A set of gang hooks is simply a pair of | | | | than 20 years, and don't even consider fishing |
| small hooks tied in tandem that enables a live | | | | with live worms without a package of gang |
| worm to be presented as bait in a completely | | | | hooks. |