11. Drift a Worm the Right Way Whether you’re wading or fishing from a boat, drifting worms is one of the great searching strategies for bigger rivers.

The continuing good weather brought the fishermen out to Hart Lake in Hart Thursday afternoon, March 22, 2012.  Either from the shore at John Gurney Park or at Veterans Memorial Park or even ...

GRAND RAPIDS -- Wilbur De Ruiter, 75, of Hart, died Friday at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital from injuries sustained after he fell into the Pere Marquette River in Scottville Wednesday in ...

In his first year, he sold 15,000 worms, the Free Press reported in 2005. At one time, he sold more than 4 million worms a year and had 13 employees.

Hart said the University of Tennessee has a fly fishing club, and West Virginia will have one next year. He said many northern and western universities already have fly fishing programs.

Anyway, I asked Brauer about drop shots and wacky worms. He shook his head and said he didn’t use them and didn’t think they would work for him.

Most of the worms being used back then were molded to look like facsimiles of a night crawler, although they were produced in some outlandish but fish-producing colors like purple, black, red or blue.