A conversation with a friend about worms resulted in me playing around with nymph skin, marker pens and UV resin. These were the result.
I don’t know why I have never considered a worm pattern before, maybe some kind of prejudice, which is stupid! I’ve used worms when long trotting so why not as a fly.
These I will trundle under an undercut bank, where there may be an opportunistic trout lying. The saddle gave me an opportunity to put in a hot spot, the orange there is fluorescent. I may do a few in more natural colours for comparison.
I had to do a little research on Long Trotting. Seems to be another term for Center Pin fishing. The flies look like they could have crawled out of the ground this morning.
Sorry Uncle Jesse, The terminology doesn’t cross the pond well. Long trotting is best done with a centre pin but there are other ways. It is far from the only way to fish with a centre pin reel. It is a way of running a bait down the current in such a way as to entice fish, using a stick float. I have seen people fish flies this way!
A nice variant of the Vladi Worm. One must wonder if the realistic coloration is really useful considering how effective the brighter colors are, even on wild fish – e.g. red and pink have been more effective for me than tan or brown, although I always carry a variety just in case. Have always been curious about those bent hooks as well. Perhaps I’m just too conservative but never quite saw the need, other than to catch fly fishermen, of course.
Whatfly, they are my main quarry! I tie more flies to catch fishermen than I do to catch fish. Like I once said to someone who posed that question to me “I’ve never had a fish pay me for a fly.”
The Deer Creek resin has certainly become popular. Many friends of mine have started using it. I have to admit, the shine looks better than the worms I tyed using Sally Hansens. That being said, the cost difference is amazing between the two. For worms, I will stick with the Sally Hansens, but tip my hat to you and your patterns. They are gorgeous.
Thanks Dub, I think the major difference is the body material used. Nymph Skin isn’t absorbent. If you put Sally Hansen’s over it you will get a similar shine to mine.
I’m not entirely sure about the shape of the hooks I’ve used, but I had them and didn’t want to tie them on straight shanks. Hoping to get some similar to yours soon. Daiichi do one that is something like a long shank version of what you have used. The problem, as always, is getting them here without paying multiples of the price for delivery.
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