Anybody know any good snail patterns? I’ve found a few videos, but it all looks like a woolly worm with the tag of the hackle for the tail instead of yarn or no tail.
Used to fish a trout water many years ago that had a huge population of aquatic snails. One of the most effective patterns was a coffee bean glued to a hook shank and varnished. Weather it really a fly or not I’m not sure, but it did work,
Alan,
Did the fish fight any better for being jazzed on caffeine?
Adglife.
You can tie a terrestrial snail by wrapping wire (lead or lead-free) around the middle of a hook shank. Cover it with a strong thread base and some cement. Overwrap with mohair yarn of cream to light brown color. Over that tie in a piece of foam, facing to the rear. Loop the foam over itself and allow a small amount to extend to the front. Tie that front piece off. Don’t expect it to last long when it gets chewed on. You can, of course, use two pieces of foam, one set on top of the other, and tied in before looping them over. If two different colors are chosen, then a two-tone shell results. If the shell is large enough. bury a tungsten bead under the mohair before the yarn get wrapped the length of the snails foot.
This was an attempt I made several years ago, I don’t think it has ever been wet. Its foam with a split shot in the center. I forgot that snail eyes are up on stems.
A 1960s and 70s animated children’s program that has a huge cult following. One of the characters was a snail called Brian. It was rather surreal, and makes you wonder what the writers were on, especially when Dylan, the stoned rabbit, (based, I’m told, on Robert Zimmerman) puts in an appearance. There are loads of episodes on You Tube.
I’ve found a few videos, but it all looks like a woolly worm with the tag of the hackle for the tail instead of yarn or no tail.
