Worms

[lopex]

I have loads of medium to large lob worms and plan to use a few of them together on a hair to catch large carp!!

I am toying with idea of using a korda maggot clip or maybe threading the hair though the worms or maybe using pellet bands?

 

Any advice on hooks, hookslenghts, etc etc very welcome?

Edited June 5, 2006 by lopex

[seph]

I would either use the maggot clip or just hook them through the saddle

[Anthony78]

Hi lopex,

I would reccommend the large korda clips as you should be able to get 2-3 large lobs on these. As for hooks I would go for at least a size 4. Hooklinks need to be matched to the size of fish expected and whether you are fishing near snags etc.

Be warned though when using lobs on a hair or a clip they do move the hook around quite alot and can mask the point or tangle the hooklink.

Good luck

Ant

[Leon Roskilly]

I would either use the maggot clip or just hook them through the saddle

 

 

Never hook worms through the saddle, they will die more quickly.

 

Best to hook them a little bit down from the saddle.

 

Also be careful that they don't burrow into the bottom.

 

 

(Recently I left a hooked worm on the ground whilst I filled my feeder, by the time I was ready to cast the front end of the worm was already well into the ground!)

Edited June 5, 2006 by Leon Roskilly

[Dick Dastardly]

I wouldnt reccomending hair rigging them either as all they do is tie the hole lot up in a knot,often around the hook length.Tried several ways especially when using big hooks for cats.

 

Leon makes a good point about them burrowing into the bottom.When I use half a dozen big lobs for cats I use a small poly ball to stop this happening.You can mount it on the line against the hook eye or on a very short hair tight to the bend.

[Jim Gibbinson]

Medium lobs and any-size dendras I hook through the head only (threaded directly on the hook). If a centimetre or so is snipped from the end of the tail, it discourages them from burrowing tail-first.

 

Large lobs I tend to use halved: the head section threaded direct on the hook as already described.

 

At first glance it looks as though takes would be missed with three-quarters (or more) of the worm's body extending beyond the hook, but in practice misses are rare.