Fly fishing came into vogue in the early 20th century, and with it came criticism of worm fishing: It was too easy. The debate was considered to be of such importance that, in 1904, Atlantic Monthly ...

Allison Little, a middle school assistant principal from Anchorage, has been fishing on the Kasilof River her entire adult life, so she’s used to seeing wormy parasites coiled up in fish on occasion.