I have seen several references to a fly called a Green Weenie. How is it fished?
You might want to post this on the fly tying board but here it is for you. Ron
Dear slinger,
I fish it dead drifted like a nymph. I often tie it with a bead head. It doesn’t look like much of anything but it definitely works. The closest thing to it is either a drowned inchworm or a rockworm caddis that builds the little stone casing to live in. An alternate version is tied with bright red chenille and called a “Red Hot.” I’ve also tied them in orange and they work too.
I usaully tie them in size 12 and 14 for trout. Some folks tie them a bit larger for Great Lakes steelhead.
Best Wishes,
Avalon 
I do not have the patience to tie flies but I do enjoy fishing with them.
Dear slinger,
If you can tie your own shoes you can tie a perfect green weenie. It’s probably the easiest fly to tie that was ever invented. Just make a loop with chenille for the tail and wind the chenille forward on the hook. Tie it off at the hook eye and you are done.
I think the ease of tying it makes it more successful for me. I can tie a dozen in about a half hour so I fish them very aggressively. I use lots of split shot when needed and I don’t care if I get snagged and break the fly off. Keeping the fly in the strike zone leads to more fish for me.
Best Wishes,
Avalon
Hey Avalon, I heard that the original recipe didn’t have a tail and that it was to represent a grannom pupae. Any idea if that’s true or not?
Dear pspaint,
Here is a web page with some information on the man who originated the Green Weenie. It doesn’t really say what it originally represented, but there are a number of green caddis larva like the grannom. You have to scroll down to read about the inventor, Russ Mowry.
http://www.flytyingworld.com/PagesF/fb-fredbridge.htm
Best Wishes,
Avalon
Thanks Man!
I was told to fish it “like a caddis pupa.” But it looks suspiciously like a big juicy inchworm or caterpillar larva.
Remember, if you tie it in red it’s a “red hot” and rainbows LOVE 'em! I had a dynamite spring fishing weenies and red hots.
Marty
I tie it with lead wraps and use a beadhead. I fish it high stick nypmh style
with a caddis larva 10 inches below it. Had 20 fish last week on the Little J, Penns Creek and Kishoquilla’s in Lewistown Pa. in two days fishing during the day. As one poster said easy to tie, fish them deep and hang on.
Bill
Here in the Smokey Mountains it is also tied in pink and called a Barbie Bug and it is good fished as a nymph. John
Dear bassman,
On the link I posted above on the history of the fly scroll down to the bottom for the fly pattern, Infamous Pink Worm.
Sometimes I fish it in clear water and don’t even set the hook. I just have fun watching it drive the fish crazy until they hit it.
They’ll keep circling it as it drifts until they finally have to eat it. It’s a blast.
Best Wishes,
Avalon
Sorry I miss read your post I thought you wanted the pattern for this fly. OH! Well 
Ron
Avalon/Tim/etc., same experience with the IPW.
Stood on a bridge over some clear water last winter watching my son’s IPW drift in some slow moving water. The trout would move over to it, inspect it carefully, and then chomp on it like it was sme kind of compulsion on their part. I suspect some of them did this more than once based on the number of trout he took from this small pool.
It was fun to watch and quite satisfying as I had tied the IPW.
Fred Bridge has invented a heckuva fly there. Simple to tie and highly effective in eastern and western streams.
Years ago I began collecting “Green Wieny” patterns during my fishing travels. It seemed like every small town shop, or gas station had one – and they were all different. I believe that I had 17 of them when I gave up the quest.
Good Fishing,
Les Johnson
I’ve received a few in swaps and by far the most effective tie is one with a palmered red hackle just behind the eye. BG tend to get rather angry at the thing. I haven’t tied any myself and have it on my to-tie list this fall. JGW
The bright color can sometimes allow you to see a strike that would otherwise be missed.
I read an article a year or 2 ago where the author was fishing in slow water with a lot of algea and such on the bottom. He noticed some small aquatic worms in the algea and examined some of them. When he dropped one at the surface of the water, it curled up just like a green weenie. At the bottom, it unfurled to the protection of the algae and rocks. He tried this with more, and each did the same. This was apparently an evolved behavior to quickly sink to the bottom to reduce the likelyhood of becoming an aquatic lunch.
I doubt that every fish that takes interest in a weenie has these worms around, but it is at least interesting info.
I suppose that’s true for some folks. I can’t see well enough to know whether that little red hackle is being slurped or not. I do see well enough to note any perceptible change in the line and set the hook. JGW