Originally Posted by
Cartman
There is a lot of gold prospecting on the East Fork. There are folks there that make their living from digging up gold from the river. I saw two guys loading their, what I guess you would call a flume, and then there was this other guy who told me about the licorice. With the price of gold so high now you don't need to find much to really clean up.
I am just wondering if there is some licorice considered better than others, and how it's to be put on the hook. I know it contains anise flavoring, but the whole idea of using licorice candy for bait seems strange to me, especially to catch wild trout from a stream.