Ed, would you share the pattern for the Marabou Worm? Jimi
Hook 8-18 (2X long)
Weight: wire, wrapped and lacquered
Tail: free-hanging marabou fibers
Tail float: a thin orange or white cylinder of high density closed cell foam
Body: marabou fibers
Note: slit the foam cylinder, slide it around the marabou fibers and cement the cylinder shut with Zap-a-Gap
The directions say to place the foam cylinder near the tip of the tail. The drawing and photo show it about 1/2 the distance from the tip of the tail to the bend of the hook.
Ed
Vermiform Swap (Worm Swap)
"Here is a fact on the Marabou Worm - I have fished it on an average of three days a season over the past nine years and yet in five of those years it has caught the biggest trout. Obviously it isn't a random fly for me" Gary LaFontaine from Trout Flies Proven Patterns, page 89
Worms are part of the aquatic environment that are utilized by fish including trout as part of their diet. In the slack areas of rivers and in the sediments of stillwaters, aquatic worms complete their life cycle. Terrestrial worms are washed into streams and ponds during periods of extended rainfall and provide choice morsels for the fish that find them.
I don't quite understand why worm flies get so little respect. There are many flies that are easier to tie than a decent worm fly. And while the San Juan worm may be among the easiest to tie, you may want to have one in your fly box for that time and moment that calls for it.
I must confess though, I was surprised to see that Orvis sells Gully Worms for $3.95 each.
I tie an inchworm (I know that they are insects and not Oligochaeta )that has saved more than one outing from being fishless. The fly that I am tying in this swap has been very popular with the local yellow perch, especially the larger perch.
So, perhaps you would like to consider joining this Vermiform (aka Worm) Swap
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Sign up deadline August 6 Flies due Labor Day, September 6
Send sufficient postage for your package to be mailed to you. Flies with insufficient postage will be held by the swapmeister until adequate funds are received. Stamps, checks, cash, Pay-pal, and International Postal Coupons are acceptable methods for supplying postage.
NAME Pattern
1. Ed Engelman Dubbed Extended body worm 2. Gary Miller Chenille Bream Worm 3. Xavier " Carp " Molina ? 4. Steve Clark bead head yarn worm 5. James Smullins Black with fire tail
