I tried this last night. I didn't measure it, but would guess its about 2" long, on a #4 hook.


Here's a thread spool/bobbin for size comparison:


The rubber is thick, which should attract some bass. The movement should be pretty good, too. Its that type of rubber than you can stretch a LONG WAY, so durability should be decent (kind of hard to test this right now, with 14" of ice on the lakes). To help brace it, I cross-tied 2 "koosh-ball" rubber band legs around the "worm" and the hook shank. I tightened the rubber bands as good as I could. A pair of fly-tying pliers came in very handy for manipulating the rubber bands to make the knots.

It isn't as light as something made from feathers would be, but it should catch fish. The yellow one in the picture, I obviously just threaded onto a hook. That'll probably work too.

I found these big "rubber worm" while I was standing in the checkout lane at Michael's craft store.