noodler
Noun
Meaning
(fishing) A practitioner of noodling.
(music, sometimes derogatory) One who improvises.
(Australia, mining) A fossicker, someone who scours mine dumps for valuables.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgExamples
By the way, I sold another story, same company. "Wolfshead” twentyfive pages $40.00. After reading it, I'm not altogether sure I wasnt off my noodler when I wrote it.