You were afraid you'd have to pull some sort of rodeo trick, but the worm slows down as it attempts to bridge the river, and completely ignores you as you entangle its tail end in the grappling hook. It really doesn't care about anything but eating mold-people like Celia.
CELIA:
Hurry up! Then we can kill the blasted thing!
Hurry up! Then we can kill the blasted thing!