Tom,
Sounds like an interesting and productive variation of a simple tie. Can
you tell us more about the hook? Is it similar to a scud hook?
Jimi
This will probably get buried with all of the other posts on this
subject, but how about the presentation the fly itself makes? Up until
this year I was certain that the San Juan Worm tied with a piece of
Ultra Chenille lashed to a hook with both tips burned to a taper was
the only one to use. i had seen versions of the San Juan made by
wrapping a Mustad "All Around" style hook (this is a hook that has a
large hump in its bend and then the barbed part bends abruptly and
points straight toward the eye of the hook) with vinyl, but figured
something that stiff would never work. It just seemed to be common
sense that that the chenille would wave in the water and look "wormy".
Well, during the summer I went fishing with a friend who had a "hot new
fly" for the Weber River. It was the wrapped hook version of the San
Juan wrapped with a fluorescent pink-orange kite string. I put on my
chenille version and thought "I'll show this guy" and he out fished me
ten to one. The Browns were simply slamming his fly! Finally I
swallowed my pride and asked him for one and immediately started
catching fish. Since then I have tied some of my own and the are
amazingly productive especially in off color water.
So here is my theory. Even though the hook itself is stiff I bet the
shape causes it to twist and wobble in the water creating an illusion
of motion... in other words, the fly itself is making a presentation
similar to a lure.
What do you think?
Tom
