In the late 1960’s anglers sat on Rocky Point at Irvine Lake, casting to deep water. Their worm, hooked in the middle, was inched along uphill. “The Irvine Rig,” some called it.
During the same era, a few San Diegans took the same 6-inch straight tail, and hooked it in the center as a jig trailer. I heard it referred to as “fishing on the drape” or with the worm draped on the hook.
Out of Texas, somewhere late in the 1970’s or maybe later in the 1980’s, the method was actually called “wacky” style, and the worm was usually a 6-inch Creme Scoundrel, though a conventional Sproat style worm hook was still standard.
Today, it’s definitely a wackier world. (more…)
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