trotting worm

[Olly]

Yes Mike - Tenkara - - - It was and - a trout was caught! I can understand using this method - similar to the French ""Toc"" the Japanese Tenkara and the Continental Nymphing with an indicator,

If you have a pole or telescopic whip the above methods can be tried - or a mixture of them!

[Santiago]

If using lobs then I suggest breaking them in half. Hook the bottom half at the break next to the hook and along with the head of the other half, or just hook one half at a time. In my experience the juices always initiate much more positive bites, whether float fishing or legering. This will help catch more if you plan to strike at the first indication of a bite. I use this method for touch legering for perch using just a half a lob at a time. Not only does it make the lobs last twice as long the juices also attract many more fish into the area from downstream, and one can feel the very positive tugs.

[Carpin]

Im sure a lot of you good folk know this but best way to get a pile of snake like lobs for Perch is to take a torch out in dark and wander over an area of short damp grass like a football pitch or park with a bait box, the lobs sit half out of the ground, you have to be stealthy and walk softly shining light on ground, positively grasp worm and dont let go, ease him out of hole and bingo, when you get skilled at worm wrestling you can get a lot in about 20 mins, i am going back to a bit of Stripey fishing having heard about some 3lb plus in local canal

[Santiago]

In the States they use a car battery! Wired with two metal stakes a few feet apart.

[MWithell]

I used to be able to get plenty of lobs by picking them off the lawn at night but for some reason these days I never see one above ground despite plenty of worm casts. I get my worms by sticking a rod rest in the ground and wiggling it. Sometimes worms come up within seconds; sometimes you have to be more patient.

[Barbelseeker]

A trick shown to me by Sheffield anglers, when eeling along a shallow beck, was to cut the worm in half and with a piece of bull mace reed (about 2mm diameter) place over the hook point and push the hook by using the reed into the half worm until 2/3rds down. The carefully withdraw the reed, leaving the hook point protruding from the worm. The eel sucks the worm in, strike and hey presto. Seen 20 eels caught in 2 hours. Used this method to catch some nice bream too.

The other step to presenting the worm, to catch eels, was to cut an 18" thin silver of willow, cut a small vee in the end, place worm/hook into this vee, taking the line up to the thicker point of the willow, making line a very miniature slack bow. Walk along the stream, poking said worm into underwater rat holes or into holes under boulders. If it rattled when entered, just withdraw the stick, count to 10, and just pull out Mr Eel.

[Moley]

Should the desire to fish for trout with worm become necessary then look no further than this book:



This covers all you need to know. What also comes across quite obviously is Mr Spencer actually knows what he is talking about. Read it and admire the knowledge this man can teach you despite being originally written in 1935.

Anyone who has tried this method will appreciate the veracity of his words and take heed of the practical advice given in this slim volume.

To the single cell that constitutes his brain, Fat Bloke can safely say this is one of the best works on the subject. Still read it today, it is that good.

As ever,.......

Moley

[Mr B]

Should the desire to fish for trout with worm become necessary then look no further than this book:



This covers all you need to know. What also comes across quite obviously is Mr Spencer actually knows what he is talking about. Read it and admire the knowledge this man can teach you despite being originally written in 1935.

Anyone who has tried this method will appreciate the veracity of his words and take heed of the practical advice given in this slim volume.

To the single cell that constitutes his brain, Fat Bloke can safely say this is one of the best works on the subject. Still read it today, it is that good.

As ever,.......

Moley

Just bagged a copy......
I'll enjoy that, thanks for the recommendation Moley.

Mr B

[Olly]

This method, or very similar although using a lump of meat, produced a 7lb 14oz chub this month from the Hants Avon.