Nice Post DJ, thanks-

Nice photo presentation.Good luck,
STRIKE ZONE

Thanks for sharing with your fellow wormers. I'll rig one like that and give it a shot this weekend.

I also agree, great post and tip, I'll give it a try. I love fishing anything with Marabou, even straight marabou on a hook. This little creation of yours resembles a tube worm off of a dock, which makes a lot of sense because I have witnessed steelhead during the winter come right up to the edmonds ferry dock and pier and nibble on something off the dock. Come to think of it, it was probably a tube worm. The couple fish I seen were not very skiddidh or spooky at all they just swam along right under the surface real lazy like. Oh, and these fish weren't piling perch or big SRC's, they were definately a salmon or a steelie. I've also seen silvers caught on tube worm off the kingston pier last summer. Strange huh? Maybe this technique of yours will work on fall silvers too.

Up here where this pink worm deal all started ,people such as myself have been using and experimenting with variations of rigging them till no end.My personal favorite method is to use a berkley power worm 6 inch or 4 inch depending on water clarity and using a large needle pull the line thru inside of worm till theres a third of the worm dangling below the hook,never mind the upside down buisness as right side up is more productive.Between the hook and the worm add a small bead ,i prefer pearl colored beads that i pick up from the craft store,these keep the worm from ripping or sliding onto the hook.
Last but most important fish with a float,and always remember to short float,which means to present your offering a foot up from bottom so fish can see and grab your worm easier .Short floating could be the most important thing youve ever added to your steelheading arsenal.
BENT RODS and strait backs

This is the first year that I've seriously slung the worm. so I'm definately not an expert by any means. What I find is that it attracts the bigger more agressive fish from a reasonably long distance. Similar to throwing large spoons or spinners. I've learned to cover the water quickly and either move on or switch to bait and rework the water. What I really like is the no nonsense strikes that worms produce. I guess that the big strike response could be due to the large size of the work. No little nip at a brightly colored little object , just a kill it quick response.