Have you ever collected hellgrammites (dobsonfly larvae)?

Question

I remember collecting these with my grandfather as a kid to use as fishing bait. They are the scariest, nastiest, creepiest little b******s in the world. For some reason this came into my mind tonight (some 25 years later). And I wondered how many other people have done this and wigged out...

Answer 1

Yes,  I still collect hellgrammites and they make great fishing bait.

The best way that I know how to collect them is to look under rocks in fast flowing water.