The main trouble is that trout don't sip a worm the way they sip a fly.
They swallow the worm and so you hook the fish in the throat - even
very small hungry fish. So even though I\m quite anti catch and release
as a doctrine, I wouldn't want to fish with worms any more. I like to
be able to release small fish without harming them.

Otherwise I'd tend to agree that we shouldn't be too snobby about it.
there\s a school that argues that fishing for atlantic salmon on the
upstream worm is a highly skilled business - much more so than the fly.
(See the books of Sidney Spenc er)

L:azarus

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