The practice is illegal and we do not do it. However normal walking will dislodge the worms and the trout will promptly eat them before the current carries them less than a foot.

Fish and game officers watch for it.

I haven't fished over there since they started flooding the river in late spring. Right now the flow looks perfect. Does N.M. have any restrictions on due to COVID?
C.G.B.

As of last week, the state campgrounds were still closed.

Learned it as the "Bighorn Shuffle" many years ago in Montana when we fished that river the first year after it opened. The mud plume downstream was full of flashing trout. Fun for about 5 minutes or so. A 20 paradun floating towards some big noses is lots better.