Fake worms !!

[dave fish]

just bought some fake worm (redworm)and thought id give em a go so set up on the canal matchrod in hand ,fishing 3lb line with a small waggler (2bb)and a swan shot to sink it .fished up close to a heavy bed of reeds where i know there is perch (caught em before form this area) sat for two hours not a single bite replaced the worm with maggot and hey presto roach city im just wondering if they actually work or was there another problem ,bare in mind we had heavy rain fall the day before .

[geejayy]

dunno really m8.
but even if i was starving hungry & i found what looked like a roast beef sarnie , if i had time to take a good look/ sniff at it and decided it was a plastic fake i def wouldn't try a bite.
but if i saw the same sarnie on the kitchen side and either my brother was gonna get there 1st or it grew legs and run off i might be tempted to reach for it.

i s'pose, personally anything made of plastic instead of the real thing i'd have to regard as a lure , best fished on the move .

but saying that i know little of fresh water angling these days.

good luck m8. someone more informed will be along later no doubt.

[nodrog48]

the only false bait i use is ---hemp it works