Interesting study on pink worm rigging for steel

[eugene1]

The gist of it is that a pink worm rigged more in the center rather than the back resulted in more fish landed. My kind of study!

Located on PP:

http://www.piscatorialpursuits.com/...ew/1/Worm_Rigging_Info_Hard_Facts.html#UNREAD

 

[alm21]

I've always rigged mine in the center and more often than not, leave the hook shaft in the worm body. Then after fishing it a while, or after getting a fish on it, it may get a little loose then I pull it through like shown in that picture. "Short bites" don't seem to happen. More like hammer time!

 

[eugene1]

Well, I'm pretty sure you got more on them than me I fished them rarely. I always rigged the hook in the tail section with a threader. Kind of a pain when it's cold and if you can get more fish with less threading through, it's all good.

 

[troutmasta]

Some times I rig them Wacky, but Ive never threaded them like that. Very cool.

 

[madasahab]

I rig mine with a jig head and the hook comes out the middle...works great

 

[troutdude]

Buzz Ramsey flips the worms around, tail onto the line first. The hook then comes out of the worm (the head of the worm). His theory, is that a predator (steelhead) will attack the head to kill it's prey. So, he does this to avoid short strikes and increase hook-ups.

In this video, it's the second method w/ the multiple split shot spaced apart on the line.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9lKaazWo94

I'd like to see this method, added to the study.

 

[salsinker]

I have rigged them with a jig head and the hook in the middle for years. Not really news to me.