Re: Red Tailed Wooley Worm
How cool! I'd always read that a woolly worm is an attractor, not an imitator. You just proved otherwise. :)
Jeff
Re: Red Tailed Wooley Worm
Spinner1,
The RTWW is the oldest WW pattern I know of. That pattern is the origin of the Woolybugger.
Glad you caught a lot of fish!
Doug :D
Re: Red Tailed Wooley Worm
What a hoot!
just goes to show that the fish are always eating - just gotta keep switching flies (or chucking bugs in the water) until you find it!
You Cheeseheads look like you have a blast up there...thanks for sharing
Re: Red Tailed Wooley Worm
I am a woolly worm fanatic! I tie the tail with either feathers or wool yarn. To be honest, the wool yarn seems to be most effective, at least for me.
Mike
Re: Red Tailed Wooley Worm
My all time favorite fly...worked for me in Vermont when all else failed. I think the hackle waving and the red tail prove too much to resist. I have taken trout, bass, and panfish on a RTWW. Easy to tie, too. Every tying session I warm up with a RTWW or two, since I have the materials to spare. I usually weight them so they sink, then rise in the current at the end of a swing.
Re: Red Tailed Wooley Worm
One variation I've found to be effective, especially for panfish (haven't had the chance to try the trout yet) is a peacock herl body. It is less bulky, but we all know the great color and light reflecting property of peacock. Give it a shot. RTWW is a fantastic fly.
Re: Red Tailed Wooley Worm
Wild One,
I had thought of the peacock herl body...you've just convinced me to do it!
Thanks,
Mike
Re: Red Tailed Wooley Worm
Mike,
I know Wild One said the Peacock WW is less bulky, but you still might want to build a underbody before you wrap the peacock. Of course you need to twist the peacock herl with the thread.
You might have known all this already.
Doug
Re: Red Tailed Wooley Worm
Doug,
Thanks, but yeah I did know it. In fact, Joe Valencic showed me on his rotary vice how to twist herl & thread. Real slick.
Mike