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If your tackle box is like those of most other anglers, there's the ever present rubber worm. And they can range in colors from purple and black to red, yellow and pink. Rubber worm production is big business in the US. So anglers must be casting them. In fact, anglers have special ways to rig up the worms. And some of the more noted are the Texas and Carolina rigs. Ok, in case you were wondering, a Texas rig does not have spurs.

A Texas rig is created by sliding the hook through about the first inch of the worm head, and then hooking the hook back into the worm. Ahead of this on the line is a bullet weight that slides freely up and down the line. In this case the bullet shaped weight is just ahead of the worm's tip or head.

For the Carolina rig, the hook goes in much the same manner and in the same place at the fore end of the worm. But then you add in about a foot or more of leader ahead, then tie a swivel into the line. On the line ahead that goes to the reel, place a bullet weight and then a small glass bead before tying the end to the swivel. The moving bullet weight hitting the glass bead as you tighten the line during a retrieve is supposed to attract a fish's attention. Oh yes, fish can hear-of course you knew that.

And in case you're wondering or not thoroughly confused, Texas rigs can be fished in the Carolinas and Carolina rigs can be fished in Texas. In fact these can be fished anywhere. Guess it's time to go fishing.