I've googled it without any sucess.
Does anybody know pattern imitating Mealworm or Superworm?
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I've googled it without any sucess.
Does anybody know pattern imitating Mealworm or Superworm?
(LOL) Funny you should mention this, my buddy just asked me that same question two days ago. The answer is yes! Before I give you the pattern the answer to the next question of " Do they work? " is also yes. Very simple pattern and people might frwon on this but all that matters is is it works. Here you go.
Hook: 3x - 4x long sizes 8 -14
Thread: rusty brown or orange 6/0
Body: a tan rubber band!
Legs: two turns of a brown hackle clipped short
Head: thread.
Also, to give it a little more realism I use a orange marker an the back to darken it a little, and I'll sometimes bend the hook slightly up(bend eye away from the bend a little) wich gives it an apperance of moving in the water.
I tried these patterns last spring during our trout season and caught a lot of trout and a lot of panfish on them. Hope they work for you as well if you try them. Good luck,Dave
I don't know what a superworm is but a good mealworm imitation is a tan GRHE.Quote:
Originally Posted by MikieFinn
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...er_of_bran.jpg
Rubber band nymph would work
tan or light yellow chenille would work
latex nymph would work
http://angler-online.anglerwebs.de/Lugg ... _Nymph.htm
an all tan Czech nymph would work
http://www.rackelhanen.se/eng/10113.htm
Here, I just tied one up and took a couple of pics of it. Yes all those nymphs Normand mentioned are also great patterns, also you can just sunstitute the rubber band with chamoise or buck skin.
http://www.albumtown.com/showpic.php?ai ... id=1180127
http://www.albumtown.com/showpic.php?ai ... id=1180126
i tie a few waxworm flies for the panfish! i just wrap a rubberband up the hook shank one layer and that it!
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...s/100_0185.jpg
Hey cool trick if you haven't tried it is put a thin coat of hard head on that rubber-band fly and it will grotesquely like it is all slimy or waxy gives it a whole new dimension. I tie one very similar to the Latex nymph that Normand posted only with a rubber band and it creeps my wife out when I leave them hanging to dry. BTW this is a killer trout fly in the early spring and I tied a bunch up for my uncle with a big bead head and he used them as an ice jig and said the work phenomenally.
Steve
Mealworm, Waxworm, Grub, Maggot, etc. How about Joe Cornwall's Irony :D?
http://www.flyfishohio.com/Irony_fly.htm
Do mealworms appear naturally in the water someplace?
I was under the impression that they were not an aquatic insect.
Learn something new everyday...
Good Luck!
Buddy
Buddy,
I hope to add a set of flies by a Belgian tier to Flytier's Page before too long. Consider this a preview ;-)
The person is Jef de Mayer, and here is his Mealworm imitation.
http://www.danica.com/flytier/jmayer/mealworm.jpg
Mealworm
Hook: TMC 2457
Size: 10 / 14
Tread: Brown 6/0
Rib: Thread
Body: Brownish extra fine chenille
Thorax: Black seal
Cheers,
Hans W