Among things that I have learned from reading British books and magazines is
that upstream worm fishing for trout in clear streams is considered to be at
least as difficult as, and requires as much skill as, fly fishing. I
believe it is called "trotting" a worm. It is something I cannot confirm
from experience but find believable. The Brits have a much richer history of
angling than we in the colonies - Izaak Walton, who we think of as the
father of our sport, was a Brit. Some people might not know that Walton was
actually a worm fisher. Another impression I gained is that coarse fishing
as practiced in Europe is at least as technical as fly fishing is in its
practice and equipment. So much for the snobbery that some of us fly
fishers are prone to.



Best regards,



Yuji Sakuma