I have a hard time figuring out how rigging a live worm onto a fishing hook has been done in the same manner forever, and everyone seems to think it's fine? You know what I'm talking about. The old trick of "threading" a live worm onto a hook and leaving the last little part of the worm hanging off of said hook like some sort of tail. In reality, this is nothing but a "worm ball", and it's the way anglers have been fishing with live worms, for what seems like forever. Why is this? The best answer that I can come up with is that most anglers simply don't know any better.

What if I told you that more than 20 years ago, my fishing mentor came up with the best live worm rig ever devised? Actually, I don't know if he came up with it, but he was the only person that I ever saw using this rig. He taught me the rig, more than 20 years ago, and I've been using it ever since. As a matter of fact, I won't even consider fishing with live bait (especially live worms) without using this rig. The rig out fishes the other way of hooking live bait two to one. What's this rig called? It's called a set of gang hooks.

A set of gang hooks is simply a pair of small hooks (usually size 6, 8, or 10) tied in tandem, thus enabling live worms to be presented in a totally natural manner. This is, by far, the best rig ever devised for presenting live worms while fishing. If the worms that are being used are really large, they should simply be pinched in half so that there isn't too much hanging free. The bottom line is that a set of gang hooks will enable any angler to present live worms in a totally natural manner, rather than presenting live worms as some sort of "worm ball".

Trevor Kugler is co-founder of http://www.JRWfishing.com and an avid angler. He has more than 20 years experience fishing for all types of fish, and 15 years of business and internet experience. He currently raises his three year old daughter in the heart of trout fishing country…..Montana!

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