I have been tying various worm patterns for a few years now, ever since a friend gave me one and said try it. I did and on the second cast a nice brown took it and gave me a valient battle, which he one. But that day the little brown worm earned its keep in my fly box.
I tie them in a few colors but the brown and the pink work best for me. I know some will say its not a fly, which is probably true in the sense it has no feathers, or hair, but it is an imitation of an earthworm or aquatic worm.
If the hook is on the vise and you tie it, its a fly plain and simple. Back around 1998 i had a conversation with a friend while fishing. We were not fly fishing, but catching fish at night with a 2.5 inch fins-fish tied above the plug as a teaser. Noting hit the plugs, everything was on the little teaser. I mentioned to my buddy we should glue them on to fly hooks for fly fishing, "thats not fly fishing, its BS fishing, no way" he said. Well 3 years latter some creative person came up with the gummy minnow, one of the top fall albie flies. Again, if you dream it and tie it, its a fly! Nice job.
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