Just like there are more ways to filet a fish, there are more than one way to thread a worm on the hook.
Worms are the best type of bait and there several ways to thread a worm on a hook. I was recently asked by an angler who has just picked up the act of fishing how to put the worm on the hook. His method continued to result in fish taking pieces of his fishing bait worm but failing to get the hook in the fish’s mouth.
The following illustrations depict several methods of rigging a trout worm onto a hook.
Honey worm or meal worm
This illustration shows a honey worm or meal worm threaded onto the shaft of the hook. This is one of the best methods for rigging any type of bait worm if you plan on introducing any action such as luring or jigging. I prefer night crawler imitations or honey worms made by Berkley. Cut the tail so that it is slightly extending past the hook bend as you don’t want to give the fish enough worm tail to chew on.
The illustration to the right shows a worm hook rig that is more ideal of vertical bobbing or floating up from a bottom water fish finder type fishing rig. Leave some tail extending out to help entice a strike by it’s subtle movement. Live worms work exceptionally well for this type of worm hook configuration.
This illustration to the left is intended to depict a worm pierced through several segments of it’s body so it looks like it is handing on to the hook. This is also a great configuration when using a bobber with limited or no action.