today me and my buddy caught so much trout 2day.  We caught our own hellgramites before we went and we had a great time.  we also caught some smallies to. here are some pictures of 2 trout and a bass.
"Give a Man a Fish, Feed Him For a Day. Teach a Man to Fish, Feed Him For a Lifetime"

Either right behind the head theres a "plate" and stick the hook in one end and bring it out the other.  Or you can hook em in the tail.  I hate hooking them.  I always where thick gloves so they dont bite me.
"Give a Man a Fish, Feed Him For a Day. Teach a Man to Fish, Feed Him For a Lifetime"

I catch em myself.  You go into a small brook or stream and get a screen or a net with very small holes in it.  place the screen or net pointing upstream and have somebody with you lif up rocks and the hellgramites will curl up into a ball and flow into the net.  Try going into shallow areas with a decent current.  enough so they can go into the net.
"Give a Man a Fish, Feed Him For a Day. Teach a Man to Fish, Feed Him For a Lifetime"

My wife got some netting at the fabric store and we made a net from an old badminton racket. It works great in catching lots of bugs in small streams and creeks. I just place the net down stream a few feet from some rocks and start turning them over....Wa la!!! lot's of buggy stuff for trout!
Fly Fishing is the art of attaching a fake bug to a line and relying on the appropriate manipulation of the rod to deceive the fish into eating a sharp steel hook covered with feathers and fur.

I dont think here in iowa specially in the stream i fish they actually have natural bugs living under rocks except crawdads.

There's a real good chance that there are aquatic insects in the streams you fish.the fish naturally feed on hellgramites and other insect larvea, so if there are fish there's insects.Sometimes there just hard to spot if you don't know what your looking for.
Sam, Lycoming County North Central PA NAFC Life Member ,Angler Legacy Ambassador

OK, here's my ignorance showing again. What the hellsagramite? Now don't just tell me "it's a bug" cause that won't help. I'd like to know what I'd be looking for. I've heard of them before but don't have a clue... If I don't get an answer I can understand I'll have to 'Google it'!!
                                                        Prober

have u ever tried the rebel hellgramite? for trout or smalliies

                     
Sam, Lycoming County North Central PA NAFC Life Member ,Angler Legacy Ambassador