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How to Fish for Trout With Live Worms

Todd, I'm not sure if you're talking about live worms like live bait fishing or worm fly. You want the worm to drift just above the bottom like it's tumbling along in the current and dead drift is the way you want to fish it because worms don't swim. If you're really talking about live worm fishing, you can actually just throw your worm out there and let it sit on the bottom because the trout may find it by smell. Jake: My quality fly line has developed some cut marks from where the loop of my tapered leader is attached. Do you need enough weight to get the fly to drift a foot or two above the bottom?

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