Not sure about the green weenie imitating a caterpillar . Usually they're tied either with lead wrapped around the shank or a black beadhead and meant to imitate the green rock worm or similar caddis larvae. The green inch worm is usally tied with a piece of foam. The small foam cylinders used for parachute posts work well for tying them. There is a black caterpillar that clutters up the trees with their silk nests. I spent about 15 minutes breaking up one that was hanging over the Upper Delaware near Hancock. I watched them float downstream till they disappeared without anything rising for them. There was a slightly larger and hairy caterpillar that were dropping off a bridge over one of the Catskill streams near Roscoe which the trout were taking with enthusiasm. I had some black foam back at camp. I cut into strips and wrapped it on size 8 3xl hook, and then wrapped brown hackle. If I flipped the fly up into the air and let it plop in to the water, I caught fish. If I cast upstream and let drift over where the trout were feeding there were no takers. It also worked well in lakes in a smaller size for sunfish, rock bass and the stray smallmouth when cast under trees hanging over the water.
Jerry Caruso "All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia." ----- Original Message ----- I don't know so much as about warm water, but along at least the East Coast trout streams that I am aware of we have vast numbers of tiny green caterpillars that are active right now and up through the next few more weeks. They cover the trees as the leaves first unfold in the spring when they are the most tender and nutrient dense. They are often seen dangling like a spider from a tiny thread of silk. If you park under a tree it will become immediately clear just how prolific they are. Trout love them, and the most popular pattern out here is called the green weenie. On streams with tight canopies it is worth trying this pattern first from early spring right up until early summer. Regards, Scott On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Don Ordes < ffc @ tribcsp .com > wrote: For you guys who live in the south and in other warm-water areas. How well do caterpillar flies work? Are the soft worm-like ones the best, or the fuzzy ones? I don't see too many caterpillars for sale in shops. DonO -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the " VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@ googlegroups .com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail- unsubscribe @ googlegroups .com For more options, visit this group at http ://groups. google .com/ group/vfb-mail? hl =en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http :// www . linesend .com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups " VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+ unsubscribe @ googlegroups .com . For more options, visit https ://groups. google .com/ groups/opt_out . -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the " VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@ googlegroups .com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail- unsubscribe @ googlegroups .com For more options, visit this group at http ://groups. google .com/group/vfb-mail? hl =en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http :// www . linesend .com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups " VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+ unsubscribe @ googlegroups .com. For more options, visit https ://groups. google .com/groups/opt_out . -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
