Green weenies

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Get tying green weenies ,I had 2 inchworms drop on my car today !
 
Anyone have an inchworm pattern that doesn't destroy the chenille after two casts?
 
I like to Spin chartreuse deer hair and clip to shape a worm, floats great, just like a clipped deer hair beetle.
 
I personally haven't found anything that really equals the effectiveness of the sub-surface weenie tied with chenille, although I have seen chartreuse marabou wrapped around a hook shank that looks similar.
 
For a floating pattern. Pick up some of the thin foam cylinders that are used for wing posts. Wrap the shank with fluorescent green thread. Tie in the foam cylinder just behind the eye with a tag end forward
Move the thread back, make a hump with the cylinder, wrap down and leave a tag end hanging over the hook bend.
 
duckfoot wrote:
Anyone have an inchworm pattern that doesn't destroy the chenille after two casts?

What would make the chenille "destroy" after two casts on a conventionally tied green weenie?
 
dc410 wrote:
duckfoot wrote:
Anyone have an inchworm pattern that doesn't destroy the chenille after two casts?

What would make the chenille "destroy" after two casts on a conventionally tied green weenie?
I don't know, maybe I have defective chenille.
 
duckfoot wrote:
dc410 wrote:
duckfoot wrote:
Anyone have an inchworm pattern that doesn't destroy the chenille after two casts?

What would make the chenille "destroy" after two casts on a conventionally tied green weenie?
I don't know, maybe I have defective chenille.

Ultra chenille should be used to tie green weenies. It is a lot denser and durable than regular chenille.

http://www.flyfishusa.com/fly-tying/chenille.htm
 
afishinado wrote:
duckfoot wrote:
dc410 wrote:
duckfoot wrote:
Anyone have an inchworm pattern that doesn't destroy the chenille after two casts?

What would make the chenille "destroy" after two casts on a conventionally tied green weenie?
I don't know, maybe I have defective chenille.

Ultra chenille should be used to tie green weenies. It is a lot denser and durable than regular chenille.

http://www.flyfishusa.com/fly-tying/chenille.htm

No fly, no matter what the materials, should be destroyed after two casts. Either using defective materials or not tying something in properly.
 
afishinado wrote:
Ultra chenille should be used to tie green weenies. It is a lot denser and durable than regular chenille.
http://www.flyfishusa.com/fly-tying/chenille.htm
There's my problem. Tanks!

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Are you tying a "traditional" green weenie with the chenille palmered up the hook shank or are you using regular chenille to tie it in the style of a San Juan worm?

Green Weenie: small or medium standard chenille

San Juan Worm: Ultra- Chenille or vernille

Tying a San Juan style fly with standard chenille is about the only way I could see a fly falling apart (unraveling) after two casts.

Either way I have totally stopped using the green weenie and I have no good reason for why I stopped. Guess I should invest 20 minutes and tie a bunch.
 
The "classic" tie... :roll: uses ultra chenille (or vernille is another brand name) to tie it.


http://littleriveroutfitters.com/littleriverjournal/storiesjuly09/lefty/gweenie.htm
 
I can't believe I am about to be pedantic about the original material for a green weenie, but here goes. From everything I have seen the original used regular cotton chenille. I would refer everyone to Charlie Meck's work in Pennsylvania Angler circa 1993.

 
Also, with the ultra vernille, I normally don't put a loop in the tail, seems to help it sink a bit quicker.
 
As long as we're being pedantic...... :lol:

You DO know that Charlie Meck didn't invent the green weenie - rumor has it that he was paid royalties for it by Orvis, be he didn't come up with the pattern.

The originators were Russ Mowry and Ken Igo. Here's an article about Fred Bridge, who was Russ Mowry's brother in law, and student. It gives the story about the green weenie.

http://flytyingworld.com/PagesF/fredbridge.htm
 
Yep...his writing typically credited the fly to those anglers. While he did not invent it, I dare say his constant shilling of it helped its prominence.
 
I hate that fly
 
I have become very fond of the Green Weenie over the last 3 weeks.
 

start to watch at 1:27sec of the movie;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=87&v=K68FOCATzao
 
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