Well I busted by pwc about a week ago drifting it with a small spin-glow. I had them in my vest for about a year, and that day nothing was working so I decided to use one, and not without a few weird looks from the rest of the bankies. Well soon after the pink worm hit the water and I had a taker, and boy was it great . Busted that one of at the bank and I thought I'd better try that again, so I moved down the bank and busted another one about 5 minutes later, what a great day. Anyway I bet you already know that I am a worm beleiver know, but I am now in a bad situation work. Here I sit on a tugboat stuck in neah bay, not to worry though 10 more days I'll be back home beating the riverbanks with my pink worm. DRIFT

The pink worms, orange worms, white worms, etc. all work great on hatchery fish especially in the heavily fished terminal areas. Most guys will be chucking corky shrimp, corky eggs, etc. and along comes the worminator and.......WHAMO! Been there, done that, many times. Definately the "go to" lure of choice after chucking bait to no avail. Sometimes the wild and crazy action of the worm will get those lazy ass, cold-water brats to wake up. Worms have really caught on (no pun intended) down here and you don't get as many weird looks from fellow fishermen anymore, at least I don't as much as I used to back in the day. Drift or float fish and don't forget that shrimp and anise!

Another nice thing about fishing the worms is that they hold up way better than bait and you can beat on the heavy water with 'em.

Gooose, I think I sent you a worm in that sample pack a while ago. Should'nt be hard to bust yer cherry with that thing

Happy hunting, guys and gals!

Justin
Yeah I got 1 of the 2 left..one of them chrome dogs ate #1 last weekend . Gonna happen
soon. BTW could you ask Joe about a eta on the arrival of christmas presents...I'd e-mail him but it looks like his addy changed.

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Gooose

I think all e-mail addresses that were @home.com are now @attbi.com

I lost one that I hooked on a pink worm so i havern't lost it yet. but it will happen. tight lines.

Anyone want to talk about spoon our spinner virginity? Definitely not mine as I lost those along with something else when I was very young. This jig and worm thing almost makes me feel young again....ooooh the frustation of a swollen neck!?! Got an expert coach for the mornin so look out.

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Gooose

what's the favorite brand?

I know the berkley's are popular
(their smaller steely worm looks nice)

any other popular brands, available on the net?

Well there are several but I'm packing Vision followed by Sammamish. Course I'm as of yet not an expert .

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Gooose

Lost my cherry. After about 3 hours with no luck, I told my buddy about this worm thing and said i needed to give it a try. He was hoping know one was watching and on the first cast into the same pool we have thrown eggs and shrimp into. A nice native buck took my PINK worm and ran. Now im not affraid to show my pink worm !!!!

Hey gooose and RT,

as of 8:00 a.m. this morning I am no longer a pink worm virgin!!! Landed a clipped 8 pound chromer driftfishing the worm with two beads and a birdie drifter above it. The take was very subtle, really surprised me because I'd heard they slammed it. Turned out this time to be a definite tap-tap-tap, different from the bottom, then a pickup that stopped the lead in the water for a second. I jerked and came up solid. I am pretty dang pumped about this and let me tell you, anybody out there that wants to make fun of the pink worm (like I foolishly used to), should shut up and try it. It was dang fun that's for sure!!!

Also, tryed jigs today, after I broke off the only pink worm I'd brought with me-the rest were at home in the package. No bites on the jigs. Only used some sparkly yarn ones though, didn't try the marabou or schlappen as I had forgot those at home too. Really prepared, huh?!

After that, I tried a red spin'n'glow/eggs scented with some Mike's Shrimp Scent. Lost another fish on this setup. All in all, a pretty good day. I bet if I wouldn't have broke off my worm, I would have got my limit.

Congrats KB but sorry you hurt your worm. Am I destined to be the last JV/PWV on the planet ?!? Glad to see you're all healed up....you promise to be more careful when you're chasin' hens down the street?

Merry Christmas and Mass Steel To You
Gooose

Will do, gooose! And a Merry Christmas to you too!

Congrats KB! Bet you won't forget a pack of them next time out. As for the jigs, remember that while they can catch fish in higher colored water, they work best when the river drops and gets clear, and the fish are more 'holed up'. Keep after those too and you will gain just as much confidence in them as the PW, in the right conditions and places.

And hey Gooose, speaking of confidence, it's been the same old syndrome for a milenium - if you don't have confidence in your pink worm it makes it harder, I mean more difficult, to get it to work. Especially after a few beers and you can't feel the bite as well! But keep after it and you will break your PWV. The PW also works a bit better when the water vis is good. Just keep the faith, keep your confidence up, and your worm will come into it's own. Oooooweee.

Merry Christmas all.

Dr. Ruth

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G'mornin and merry Christmas Aunty. Are you up really late, or just couldn't wait to get up really early go see what Santa brought?

try chocolate chip cookie dough in a bait sac. works 10 times better than any worm, and if you get hungry you can have a snack.i once caught a 32 pound steelhead on the smokehouse river with this super secret bait. it works great.

Well, thanks all for the congrats! Today fished mid-late afternoon and broke one pink worm off on the bottom. That's the only action I had, but I'm gonna stick with it. Ain't gonna quit yet! One reason being because my dad tried a pink worm today and hooked one nice fish. Towards the end of the drift, a fish hit him HARD and took off. He set the hook and the he said the fish performed a couple headshakes, and headed downstream toward some fast water in a riffle. Needless to say, he began chasing it downstream, but the fish eventually spit the hook down in the riffle. Well, 1 (the one I landed yesterday) for 2 anyway I guess.

Hey bardo, are you serious? Cookie dough? I know bread dough used to be killer on trout, so maybe...? I'm willing to try anything new, now that I'm a believer in something new for me-the worm. From the few guys that seen me with that worm on yesterday (only about 3) I got some pretty strange looks, but it was all worth it when I landed that fish!