The question is not whether trout fishing with worms is more difficult, but
whether it is more desirable from a standpoint of conservation. A fish
caught on a worm is much more likely to suffer mortal injury and thus not to
be caught again. I agree with Lee Wolf, that a trout is too valuable a
resource to be caught only once. There are lots of good tasting fish that
are much more abundant and would not suffer from being taken by sport
fishermen. I am not a fly snob, I trout fished with worms until about 1965,
but it's just not good for the fish or the fishing.

Gene

"Yuji Sakuma" wrote in message
. ..
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