[Scott Hobbs]

Here are a couple of ties I made, 2 real ones and 2 flies. Most people know about using these as bait
for bream and catfish.

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[BigE818]

WOW!! Great job Scott!!

 

[sgrfmde452]

great looking flies. what material did you use? looks like closed cell and yarn. haven't tried these or anything like them, could use some help

 

[dbeam]

Very Nice Scott

Darrell

 

[RouseD]

Looks like another winner fly from you Scott.

 

[Scott Hobbs]

I used this link as a guide. As with most fly tying guides, you won't have the materials that they are using so you have to use what you have at hand, improvise

http://hatchesmagazine.com/blogs/Hatches/2011/05/04/catapla-worm-fred-hannie/?utm_source=FTFEmailNeed2011&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Catapla%20Worm-%20Fred%20HanniePic&utm_campaign=5-19

 

[RouseD]

Thanks for the link Scott. Now, all I have to do is to get some ostrich herl, but I think I can find something to improvise.

 

[Scott Hobbs]

Peacock herl or ultra chenille will work also...

 

[RouseD]

Got the peacock herl, and the ultra chenille. Time to tie a catawba worm.

 

[RouseD]

Scott, what size hook did you tie these with? Recipe in Hatches calls for a #12. Don't think I'd want to use less than a #10, if that would work OK.

 

[RouseD]

Another question Scott. Looks like you used craft foam for the body. Did you weight these to get them down, or just let them float?

 

[Scott Hobbs]

I used Ultra Chenille, palmered up the shank and size 6 long shank hooks.

 

[slickrocktom]

I had a crappy time trying to tie this. I finally palmered the herl up and sharpied lines up both sides.

 

[RouseD]

Tom, I'm sure that even your crappie looking flies look good. When I say my flies look crappie, they really are, but amazingly they still catch fish.

 

[Scott Hobbs]

Thats because RouseD is tying flies to catch crappie, hence crappie flies...

One of those flies was tied with ultra chennel and then doctored up with a Sharpie for the coloration. The other one was tied with Ultra chennel and 2 strips of black yarn for the stripes on top and some loose ultra chennel palmered at the front for the heads. Oh yea, turkey biots for the horn at the back of the worm. You can get hundreds of biots from one turkey flight feather..

 

[biglenr]

How have these worked for you so far?