| Many anglers use live worms for bait, but don't | | | | So, what's the answer to this problem? The answer is |
| understand some basic premises that will enable them | | | | really quite simple, it just involves thinking outside the |
| to catch more fish while using said live worms. It | | | | box a little bit. Over 25 years ago my fishing mentor |
| seems that we have all been taught throughout the | | | | JRW discovered the solution to this problem, and since |
| years that the only way to use a live worm as bait is | | | | he taught me that solution, I've never fished with live |
| to attempt to "thread" that worm onto a hook and | | | | worms the same again. The answer to this problem is |
| then leave a portion of the worm hanging off of the | | | | called a set of gang hooks. What's a set of gang |
| hook to make it look more realistic. The problem with | | | | hooks? A set of gang hooks is simply a pair of small |
| this method, which most anglers seem to use, is that | | | | hooks, tied in tandem, thus enabling live bait (and |
| the live worm ends up looking more like a worm ball | | | | especially live worms) to be presented in a completely |
| than anything else. This isn't at all realistic, and costs the | | | | natural and realistic manner. |
| average angler a lot of fish. | | | | |