I'll Try The Ringworm

[Mobasser]

I first learned about the Rebel Ringworm shortly after I started fishing for bass around 1980. A tackle shop owner recommended them to me.                                               He also explained the concept behind this worm design. When cast, the rings would trap air, and create bubbles when the bait was retrieved or falling though the water. I'm not sure if this was true or not.                               My own reason for this being a successful worm is the way it looks. The rings make it appear larger than it's size, which is 4" mostly.           As a novice bass fisherman, this was one bait that worked, and I was able to catch bass with it over a few years time. Then, it was gone, and no longer made by Rebel. I forgot all about them and moved on.                                 Now I've " rediscovered" the ringworm, and we have several to pick from. Currently, I'm using Mr. Twister 4" ringworms. Zoom makes a good one, as does Roboworm with the Zipper worm. My best colors are junebug, black/ blue tail, and watermelon. I've only fished the 4" size, but they're available in longer lengths also                                                    Like all plastic worms, these can be fished several ways, depending on your own waters. It works on bass of all sizes.IMO, one of the best plastic worm designs of all time.                                             P.S. If you fish clear water, a watermelon ringworm rigged with a split shot and slowly crawled along the bottom is deadly, shallow or deeper.

 

[scaleface]

I had some large ones 10 inches or so stashed away. Two or three years ago I texas rigged them in man made brush piles and they didnt last long. Bass loved them.

[Catt]

Ringworms ?

 

1972 after my second weekend trip in a row to Toledo Bend I had yet to catch a bass. As I stood on the dock unloading the boat I picked up my worm rod which had a Texas Rigged Blue Rebel Ringworm in it. I made a 20 yd cast to a cypress tree & was rewarded with a 3# chunk.

 

Since that day I've caught double digit bass across 5 southern states, won tournaments, caught my biggest stringers all on Ringworms.

 

2019 I won a Dodge Ram with a Ringworm

 

Rings offer a larger profile yet has less plastic for the hook to penetrate.

 

Yamamoto 10” Ichi Worm

[Log Catcher]

I just got started using small ringworms about a year ago. All I have is the Zoom Dead Ringer in the 4" size. Haven't caught a lot on them yet. I have been using the 8" Big Dead Ringer for quite a while and had real good luck with them.

[Munkin]

I have fished them off and on since the late 80's with success. Rebel is what I used years ago and now its Zoom usually on a Slider head. I would put this in my top 5 must catch a bass on the Potomac River lures.

 

Allen

[Spankey]

You are right they were very popular and productive during the early 80’s. Long before the finesse craze came about. T-Rig, split shot and jig head them. Then they dried up locally for me. Not from being so popular but my belief of they were not so popular on a local level. But during that time many finesse style worms were becoming available and in my opinion much better. I’d like to have 10 cents for every Smallie I caught on a Mr. Twister Silk Worm or even the old Lucky Strike Razor Worm. In the 90’s the original Mann’s Dragin Worm I loved them. So did the river smallies. 

16 minutes ago, Munkin said:

I have fished them off and on since the late 80's with success. Rebel is what I used years ago and now its Zoom usually on a Slider head. I would put this in my top 5 must catch a bass on the Potomac River lures.

 

Allen

I still fish the Charlie Brewer sliders worms and jig heads fairly regularly. 

[softwateronly]

The hags tornado is an exaggerated straight tail version that has really produced for me.  

 

scott

[TnRiver46]

Dead ringer is my ride or die. And im not dead 

[whitwolf]

I still fish the Rebel Ringworms today. 40+ years old. 

[BrianMDTX]

Man, I haven’t  seen those in so long I forgot about them. But in a similar vein, I tried the Yamamoto Slinko, which is also ribbed. But they are fragile. I caught two bass and lost both baits on one bite. After they’re used up, I won’t be buying any more. The concept is good, but the material used must lose a lot of durability (which has never been a strength of a Senko lol) compared to a standard Senko.