The first plastic worm I ever used was the Creme Scoundrel. My brother and I bought a small card with three 6" black Scoundrel worms at a hardware store in Chillicothe Mo. The owner of the store had a reputation as a good bass angler. He stocked a small area in the back of the store with some fishing tackle. Above the tackle area was a dusty mount, a bass of around 8lbs. He had caught that fish from a large farm pond, on a day when it was spitting snow, on a Scoundrel worm. I still remember what he told us, over 50 yrs ago. " Boys, you need to learn to use this one. On a daily basis, these will catch more fish for you than anything else". His only instructions were to fish them slowly, and on the bottom. We started out nose hooking the worms, and we caught bass this way. At some point, my brother read about the Texas rig, and ordered some proper hooks and bullet weights, which changed our fishing completely. I've been a T rig worm fisherman ever since. I imagine many here at BR had an experience similar to mine. Was the Creme Scoundrel your first plastic worm?
