Don, Will have to send you a photo of the foam worm I tied over 15 years ago. I would put it in the fly box I carried to shows and have fun when I opened the box to show people my flies. Tony --- DonO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> JimmyD, > > Thanks. I don't know if these were tied to imitate > the specific worm I saw, but my version would be a > very clean, non-fuzzy fly- like a garden worm. If > there was a sinking foam, it would be perfect shaped > in a tapered segmented tube. I'm thinking of a tiny > rolled laytex cigar-shaped deal, tying just the head > to a small hook and letting the body move in the > current. > > DonO > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jimmy D. Moore > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 4:27 PM > Subject: [VFB] Re: Rock Worm - DonO > > > On page 234 Perrault's Std. Dictionary of Fishing > Flies I found two patterns for the Rock Worm. > Neither of these were the green version. > Hope this helps. > > JIMMY D > > Fly - Rock Worm > Body: Tan linen thread > Hackle: Badger soft collar > NOTE: Rhyachophila lobifera > > Fly - Rock Worm > Body: Black dyed ostrich herl > Hackle: Badger hair spun as hackle > Head: Black thread. > > DonO wrote: > > > Met a guy dunking worms with his 8 yr old son, and > struck up a friendship. They were using Colorado > meat rigs, i.e. fly rods with automatic reels and > mono line, with split shot and either a crawler or a > rock worm. I gave the little guy some flies which > included a scud, and he proceeded to catch a 3-lb > sucker and an almost 5lb carp on the scud. The > night before he caught and landed a 2.7lb brown on a > rock worm larva. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.6/902 - > Release Date: 7/15/2007 2:21 PM > ____________________________________________________________________________________ 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news
