How would you tie this fly?

[Gigmaster]

I've got a picture of a fly resembling a purple worm with a fan-tail on the end. I don't know how to find the url of a picture stored in "My Documents" on my computer. I'll post the picture if someone can tell me how to do it. What I was wondering is how do you tie the fan-tail at the end of the hanging chenille? I can figure out the rest.
It's called a V-Worm, I think.



[This message has been edited by Gigmaster (edited 30 March 2005).]

[Gigmaster]

I'm gonna try this picture again. Here goes.


[This message has been edited by Gigmaster (edited 30 March 2005).]

[Hans Weilenmann]

Gigmaster,

The fan tail? Uh... tied down with turns of thread?

The extended body does not look like chenille to me, but very much resembles a furled/doubled section of yarn. I.e. twist piece of yarn (optionally one end tied down to hook), and then allowed to double back onto itself and secured to thye hook.

Cheers,
Hans W


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[Coach Robb]

I sent you an E-mail with a picture of one that I tie using Ice Chenille. Hope this helps.

I would put a needle in the vise and tie the tail end of the body to the needle with a few turns of thread, then tie in the tail material (marabou?) with several tight wraps and either some half-hitches or whip finish, then add a drop of two of head cement if desired. After you cut the thread, just pull the needle out.

[dixieangler]

Instructions for the tail from the same pattern recipe starting at step 5 states:

5. Using a needle for support tie a tuft of marabou onto the end of the twisted bundle and set it aside.
6. Put the hook into the vise and lay down a base of thread.
7. Tie in the weed guard at the bend of the hook.
8. Tie in the bundle with 3-5" hanging off the rear of the hook. Wrap the bundle forward to form the body.
9. Bend over the weed guard, bind it down and whip finish the head.

At step 5, I put the needle in the vise after inserting it into the rear of the bundle to make it easier to tie in the marabou tail and finish tying in with a hand whip finish.

Best of luck.

Found a previous thread link that includes pattern recipe for this fly: [url=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/Forum5/HTML/004153.html:8f7db]http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/Forum5/HTML/004153.html[/url:8f7db]

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[This message has been edited by dixieangler (edited 30 March 2005).]

Gig,

Haven't tried it but this is how my first attempt would be made:
Take about 8 inches of body material and a tie in a bunch of maribou about mid-length. Then hold one end while spinning the other. Make sure you keep tension on the body material. When you've done a lot of spinning, place a needle across where the maribou is located. Bring the ends together and the body material should 'furl' back on itself to create a twisted body with the maribou extending outward. Then just tie down the body at a length you want and along the shank where you want.

Like I said, I haven't tried it but this is how my first attempt would be made.

Allan

[Gary Miller]

Here's a link to tying instructions by the creator of the V-worm.

[url=http://www.motherlodefly.com/andy02.asp:261c9]Burk's V-worm[/url:261c9]

- Gary

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[This message has been edited by Gary Miller (edited 30 March 2005).]

Gary,

Thanks for that link. I read the instructions and looked closer at the fly. The body is NOT furled as I, and I guess Hans, had suspected. Guess I'll have to try the method I thought of and see how it comes out.

PS Just tried tying the body of this fly by the method I wrote above. Easy enough to do and very similar results. I just happened to grab Aunt Lydia's Yarn and used 1 ply. I'm sure the same could be accomplished with most yarns, small chenille or even floss.

Allan

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[Garic]

the fly in the pic is not tied the same way as the link shows, the pic fly is definately furled or plaided, not made of chennille as in the link.

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