Maggot/Grub flies
Tied some of these the other day. Thought I would share with the group.
I was trying to tie a maggot. First attempts at using some larva lace someone sent me to try out.
Materials:
White/Clear Larva lace
Light Yellow thread.
Few little strands of Black dubbing.
Scud hook.
Sally Hansen coating over body.
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They look terrific. "Good enough to eat."
I've tried a similar construction for red worms on the heavily bent Mustad Swimming Nymph hooks.
thanks
I tried tying a Inchworm a couple days ago on one of those swimming hooks.. The hook broke while I was trying to finish off the head..I think I need a stronger hook next time. Too much wrapping makes too much movement which weakens it so much it breaks..
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I like this a lot.Originally Posted by simplejack
I've had success using a very light colored Hare's Ear with no ribbing or wing case. Don't know whether the local 'gills took them for "bee moths" (aka maggots), but that was the intention.
Some green grubby things.
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You know you are teaching them bad habits photographing them in bushes.
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Jack, some cool looking ties you have here! Never know but I'm guessing they'd work very nicely. Might have to tie up a few and see how for myself.
And those in-the-tree shots are really good!!
Jeremy.
The nice thing about using the clear larva lace is you can tint it any color with the underlying thread wraps. Even two tone them with two color threads. Much prefer the translucent coloring of clear over thread than marking with magic markers for this type of fly.
Craft stores have rat tail material. 1 mm makes a nice grub.
Rick
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