LA Fisher
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| 01 Jun 2010 09:41 PM |
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Does anyone now a light weight weedless worm I can throw on a 6 wt rod? I've discovered that theres lots of 3lbs+ bass in the pond and I want to land one on a fly rod if anyone knows a pattern please leave a post.
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the rod tosser
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| 02 Jun 2010 11:00 AM |
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try a zonker strip or a bigger version of the sanjuan worm , tie down some heavy mono to the bend of the hook then bring it down and around and up through the hook eye and back over the top of the hook shank a bit tie off and whip finish . you can either tie the zonker strip in to the top of the hook shank OR try this patern http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KakimPJUPNY bunny strip leach you don't have to use the flash or weight it . |
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bpetersen
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| 02 Jun 2010 12:46 PM |
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You may also want to try a wooly bugger and use rod tossers tip on making a fly weedless. Alot of the frog patterns are sold weedless as are alot of the other bass bugs. these could also work in your situation.
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LA Fisher
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| 02 Jun 2010 01:34 PM |
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i like your pattern the rod tosser but i would use a peice about 4 inches because thats what we have been catching them on....... would that get to heavy on a 6wt rod?
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the rod tosser
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| 03 Jun 2010 12:25 AM |
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you could do something like this . tie the zonker strip in on rear of hook then instead of palmering it forward use floss or chenille or peacock herl to make a body add glue to the skin side of zonker strip fold zonker strip over the body and tie of : like making a zonker only with out mylar tubing . zonker strips come in different sizes and make sure you don't get a cross cut strip . you can sub the zonker strip and use a chamois and color it with sharpies .  |
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the rod tosser
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| 03 Jun 2010 01:03 AM |
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you also could sub chenille for the zonker strip in the bunny leach pattern. just singe the ends of the chenille.
Be creative nothing says you can't sub materials in these patterns .
Brian gave you another great fly. sub a decent amount of zonker strip for a tail instead of the marabou and finish of like a woolly bugger.
another option
you could also use mylar tubing . stick in a few tuffs of marabue in the end of the tubing and hand wrap some thread around it . then insert a hook like you would thread a plastic worm then tie off at the head.
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the rod tosser
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| 03 Jun 2010 08:44 AM |
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Posted By the rod tosser on 03 Jun 2010 09:44 AM here is a pic of a wolly zonker i tied . just an example of how a fly can be modified I trimmed the hackle on top so the strip would lay down . can i use it on the fly rod i have ? perhaps ,perhaps not but i can always use it on the spinning rod with a sinker . hook size 4 streamer tail yellow zonker strip tied in then pulled over body body white chenille hackle yellow palmerd forward then trim the top where the strip will lay  |
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the rod tosser
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| 03 Jun 2010 09:34 AM |
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here is a simple chenille worm tie chenille in as a tail and wrap the rest forward to make the body . sorry for spamming post but they only give you 30 mins to edit so i cant add this in the other post  |
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turnip
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| 04 Jun 2010 05:01 AM |
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Wow Trev! I really like the link for tying the leech. It looks like there are several tying topics for me to study...I have put the link in my "favorites"! 
I think I may tie up some of those chenille worms also!  |
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the rod tosser
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| 04 Jun 2010 09:03 AM |
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L A zonker strips come in different sizes from magnum to micro i usually tie the tail on the leach so it is 1 1/2 - 2 x the length of the hook shank. i used my 6 weight to cast them . yes they are harder to cast when wet . All i can say is try one and see how it casts. http://www.midcurrent.com/articles/...n_fly.aspx |
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LA Fisher
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| 05 Jun 2010 04:07 AM |
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Thanks a load guys I'm gonna mess 'round with a bunch of stuff and tell you guys how it worked and rod tosser its ok for spam i like the ideas
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emeraldjay
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| 12 Jul 2010 02:53 PM |
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I never thought of making a chenille worm before. I'll have to try that. |
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| 13 Jul 2010 09:28 PM |
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Posted By the rod tosser on 03 Jun 2010 10:34 AM
here is a simple chenille worm
tie chenille in as a tail and wrap the rest forward to make the body .
sorry for spamming post but they only give you 30 mins to edit so i cant add this in the other post
Wow! That's a great idea. I have to tie a few of these. Perhaps on a weedless hook? |
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hhenderson2
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| 17 Jul 2010 08:52 PM |
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Pink chenille worms work too.
Brown, pink, red, orange, even green have worked for me.
Try wrapping some tinsel around the wrapped chenille if you are going for only bass, they love the shine, other fish except sunfish won't usually hit one I've noticed. |
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Haas
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| 30 Jul 2010 08:24 PM |
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Here is a epoxy head bait fish tyed thunder creek style. Dressed up in a shad pattern.  |
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