I have tied and fished a variation of the fly of the week that I believe they call a “true woolie worm”. It is tied exactly like the FOTW but with a piece of red chenille in the body. It’s tied with the red tail, grizzly hackle with an alternating black, red and black chenille body. I fished it quite a bit in Maine and NH and the brookies and rainbows loved it. I guess I’ll need to try it here in Arkansas, too.
Mike
There is no greater fan of flyfishing than the worm.
Patrick McManus
And of course a Wooly Worm from Wooly.
I have been tying this version for years. I use either black or grizzly hackle in black or olive, but always with a tail of red buck tail.
Michael (Wooly) Woolum
State Certified Hunter Education Instructor
Hickory, MS
Al Campbell showed how to tie, either a dry or wet Wooly Worm, in Part 12 of the Beginner’s Fly Tying series…
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the choice of materials used, and colors, is up to your preference.