Squirmy Wormy

Recipe:
Hook: Scud/pupa hook (here, a Dai-Riki 135), size 14.
Thread: 6/0 or 140 Denier, red.
Underbody/overbody: Superfine Dubbing, red.
Body: Red Sili Worm, half a strand.

Material Sources:

#flyfishing #trout #nymphing

[slaw]

I have to say, when searching for videos on fly tying, if I see your name or hear your voice, I pay attention. You have helped me in so many ways. Thank you!!!

[humpterdink]

Took my daughter our to a local stocked pond and she caught her first trout on some squirmy wormies i made watching your vid. Thank you sir! It was a blast!

[dinoconsabor]

Wow! That simplified the process (no threading through a bead) and solved the problem of securing the material to the shank.

[benfranks]

This was such a HUGE help!
Thank you very kindly!🎏

[oliverreichel]

From a fellow fly tyer on youtube. I just wanna say " Awesome"

[jimmyburgess]

Tim, thank you for this pattern and so many more. After tying some Yellow Humpy's, I started using Uni-Stretch on these replacing the dubbing and UTC 70. I now have several of both in my box and each work great. Happy fishing!

[masnada]

Thanks for sharing your trick ! Very interesting tutorial !

[RT]

You can use some adhesives on these. Water based head cement is fine with it. I've heard loctite gel is ok too. UV resin and solvent based cements are a no-no.

[joepetrosky]

I dont do videos but this is the trick I use. Take 1/16 piece of heat shrink. cut it to 1/8 and slide it over the worm on the hook. hit it quick with a heat gun just to shrink the tube. You can get a clear tube or use a color change.

[freddymartin]

Exelent My Friend!
It is a really good Idea to work with this tricky Wormy Material 👍

[rawrfishing]

love the idea! think i'll use this next spring

[rudychavira]

Very simple fly, we tried a similar version of this small river northern Cal, caught several 20 lb kings.

[jerrydigrezio]

Thank you! I was going crazy trying to stop the torque!

[kolebronson]

Jeez... bought some squirmy wormy material today to tie up some San Juan's. Little did I know how much of a pain in the ass it would be to work with. Figured if anybody could help me, it would tight lines!!

[calebmtuttle]

Watched this at .25 speed and laughed the whole way through. Thanks for tutorial on my first fly!

[timmarchetti]

I enjoy your videos and I have learned a few tricks from them, but I would love to see more videos that don't promote the use of synthetics. If every fly fisherman in the US lost just one squirmy wormy a year that would equal 2 tons of plastic into the environment that we all claim to want to protect. Now add in foam hoppers, flash, scud back, rubber legs.... and multiply it by the 17 million fly fisherman world wide. Just food for thought. There are some synthetics like nylon thread and tippet that we have to live with.

[benbroscius]

Always cut my squirm when tying, thanks for tips

[jopants]

I like to use ribbing material to wrap the rubber to the hook bc it doesn't damage the worm as much

[m_kid]

way different method compared to mine I use a bead to get them down, but I can see a get use for this style by putting it on the top of my drop shot rig this delayed harvest season

[brianholaway]

I notice that some of the fly tying materials are packed as tightline video products. Do you sell these materials? If not, is there a one-stop fly-tying business that sells all the materials needed for a squirmy wormy? Thanks