1,000 Legged Worm

[albannachxcuileag]

This is an adaptation of an American pattern that I used for the 90 Second tie swap. The original was tied on a size 8 streamer hook with chenille and a wooly bugger hackle so I opted to reduce the size and increase the mobility of the fly body with the use of Ostrich herl. It is a very simple pattern and can be tyed in any colour combination to suit area of fishing. As it is it will make a good dry to try under trees during the caterpillar season, weighted and it will imitate a few wriggly things!

 

Materials -

 

Hook - Kamasan B830 size 12

Thread - any - Cream UTC 140 Denier used here

Body - 2 light Olive Ostrich Herls and 1 Olive Grizzly Hackle

Back - Permanent marker - Promarker Raw Sienna used.

 

Prepare your hook by taking the thread into the start of the bend as this will give some tail bristles.

 

 

Select a couple of long herls, I tried this with one and found out it took too long for the swap version and used 2 instead. Prepare your hackle by cleaning off the flue from the stalk and then hold all 3 so that the tips are even

 

 

Lay them onto the hook and keep them back behind the eye and secure them along the length of the hook shank with the thread

 

 

Wrap your herls up the shank of the hook to the eye and secure with a couple of wraps of thread

 

 

No need to cut off, just snap them off with your nails

 

 

Now palmer your hackle with reasonably tight turns through the herl in the same direction that you wound the herl

 

 

Trim off the excess and then whip finish the head with about 5 turns of thread - if you want a bigger head then repeat this part

 

 

Get rid of any stray fibres by holding back the body of the fly between your fingers and flash burn the strays with a lighter and then take a permanent marker of your choice and rub it up the back of the fly and include the head as well

 

 

Varnish the head and your 1,000 leg worm is complete.

 

[ladystrange]

it's a cute little caterpiller.

 

so you didnt put the cap back on the pen between flies, did you?

[albannachxcuileag]

it's a cute little caterpiller.

 

so you didnt put the cap back on the pen between flies, did you?

 

Yes I did! I am Scottish, remember, and we don't let pens dry out!