Kevin, To me they look like a cross between a caterpillar and an earthworm.
DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Machon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 10:25 PM Subject: RE: [VFB] Cranefly photos and nymph > DonO: > > Although not related, they are often listed in fly fishing books in the same > chapter as hellgrammites (dobsonflies, family corydalidae). > > Looking at the picture you noted, I see hellgrammite w/out appendiges...... > > Just a thought > > Kev > > > > From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [VFB] Cranefly photos and nymph > Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:05:09 -0600 > > 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 > > _________________________________________________________________ > Need a brain boost? Recharge with a stimulating game. Play now! > http://club.live.com/home.aspx?icid=club_hotmailtextlink1 > > > > -- > 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 > >
