See worm-nymph photo 4th row from the bottom on right. http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/craneflies_tipulidae
The worm-dunkers swear by these for live bait. A good fly should work also. Working on it. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: DonO To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 5:34 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Re: Rock Worm - DonO 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
