Mealworm imitation.

[MikieFinn]

I've googled it without any sucess.
Does anybody know pattern imitating Mealworm or Superworm?

[dragonfly1]

(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

[Steven]

I've googled it without any sucess.
Does anybody know pattern imitating Mealworm or Superworm?

I don't know what a superworm is but a good mealworm imitation is a tan GRHE.

[Normand]

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

[dragonfly1]

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

[dsaavedra]

i tie a few waxworm flies for the panfish! i just wrap a rubberband up the hook shank one layer and that it!

[SteveP]

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

[dixieangler]

Mealworm, Waxworm, Grub, Maggot, etc. How about Joe Cornwall's Irony ?

http://www.flyfishohio.com/Irony_fly.htm

[Buddy Sanders]

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

[Hans Weilenmann]

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.



Mealworm
Hook: TMC 2457
Size: 10 / 14
Tread: Brown 6/0
Rib: Thread
Body: Brownish extra fine chenille
Thorax: Black seal

Cheers,
Hans W