Green Rock Worm

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Green Rock Worm

Post by Roadkill » Wed Feb 10, 2021 8:38 pm

Hook-Wholesale Fly Company Model 28 #8
Thread-UTC70 Black
Weight-.015 Lead Free Wire
Rib-.5mm Stretch Magic Cord
Body-Peacock Krystal Flash
Finished with Brown permanent marker along the top and entire body coated with Hard as Nails

Tie in thread and anchor wire...
ImageIMGP1266 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

Tie off wire and tie in Stretch Magic
ImageIMGP1267 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

Smooth transition with tying thread and tie in body
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Wind body forward and tie off
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ImageIMGP1271 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

Stretch the cord and wind on as a rib
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Tie it off, trim the flash, and finish wrapping a head
ImageIMGP1273 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

Color the top of the fly and coat with finish
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ImageIMGP1278 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

I tied this as a weighted point fly for Euro Nymphing and Tenkara.
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Re: Green Rock Worm

Post by letumgo » Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:32 pm

Excellent tutorial Bill. Very efficient tying.

John - Is this the pattern you were telling me about earlier this week?

Love them both guys.
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Re: Green Rock Worm

Post by Roadkill » Fri Feb 12, 2021 10:57 am

Good looking Hydropsyche!! Is that an Ostrich collar?

My Hydropsyche are on the left...
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Re: Green Rock Worm

Post by Roadkill » Fri Feb 12, 2021 12:30 pm

I was introduced to Glossosoma by Rick Hafele while working as a volunteer with Biomonitoring in the 90's. He noted that we have 20 species in the NW in the Guide to Pacific Northwest Aquatic Invertebrates compiled by Rick Hafele and Steve Hinton and put together by the Oregon DEQ and Oregon Trout.... They are a very sensitive indicator species for Water Quality.
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