Squirmy Wormy

[@slaw03254]

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!

[@benfranks6375]

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

[@dinoconsabor]

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

[@beckhamsonny9994]

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[@jaceemiliano3047]

@Beckham Sonny Instablaster =)

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[@jaceemiliano3047]

@Beckham Sonny You are welcome :D

[@oliverreichel]

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

[@joepetrosky5795]

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.

[@joelfraser3335]

I slide a bead on bobbin threader, stick the worm on the end and pull the worm through the bead. When I'm ready to fish I stretch the worm around my finger and stick the hook through the hole in the bead.

[@jimmyburgess3529]

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!

[@rudychavira5558]

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

[@freddymartin7664]

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

[@masnada001]

Thanks for sharing your trick ! Very interesting tutorial !

[@rawrfishing]

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

[@mikejames663]

Great tip, cool tying.

[@danielhashem7727]

Thank you for sharing a great tip.

[@DuckGunChronicles]

Nice tying vid once again!

[@jerrydigrezio4799]

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

[@benbroscius9722]

Always cut my squirm when tying, thanks for tips

[@rudyackerman5747]

Thanks for anther great video.

[@kolebronson24]

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!!

[@timmarchetti8621]

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.

[@neilbenstead975]

Brilliant trick thanks for sharing

[@cr0cket01]

hi , i not trying teach gran to suck eggs but i found if you use a float fishing rubber to hold squirmy in place it serves two purposes 1 it holds it better and two it stops the cutting into the worm somewhat. nice vid

[@ChrisFiggatt]

Great tip!

[@lanemortensen1952]

This video is blasphemy! I love it!

[@OfficialBluePhoenix]

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

[@slickydicky]

Lol sounds wasted

[@roffleswag1132]

You make fly tying videos so much easier thanks and do you have instagram

[@flyfishingeasternsierras8664]

mad fishing @tightlineproductions but he doesn't use it much

[@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

[@jopants5160]

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

[@mikoloner]

Nice trick. Thank you.

[@telsonalves8060]

Excelente trabalho. !

[@joshteague8904]

Weightless flies. I have never fished them. I always use little tungsten bead nymphs under a parachute dry fly. Am I missing something here, do weightless patterns work? Do I just rig one off the bend of a tungsten bead head nymph? Any input on this perspective would be awesome, and thanks for the best fly tying videos on the planet by the way😁

[@tightlinevideo]

To me anyway, weightless flies behave much more naturally underwater than weighted flies do. All the food that we as fly anglers are trying to imitate is near weightless or neutrally buoyant. Mayfly nymphs, caddis larva, baitfish, scuds, worms etc. So I believe our flies should be as well. That said, trout spent about 90 percent of their lives within a foot of the bottom so we need to get those weightless food offerings down to them. Any kind of a tandem or even a drop shot rig does this very well. The simplest of these rigs would be a weighted fly (anchor fly) at the end of your tippet. Off the bend of that fly's hook, tie 12 to 18 inches of tippet material then attach a weightless fly to that. Works like a charm.

[@joshteague8904]

@@tightlinevideo Thanks for the wisdom. I’m gonna tie up some weightless patterns and give this a try. We seem to have a lot of clinger may fly nymphs here in Wisconsin, they are brown on top, and cream yellow on the bottom, pretty large as well, at least a size 12. Tails as long as the body. I feel by tying a weightless imitation, this will better imitate the naturals. Kind of a full back pheasant tail style. Great perspective on the natural drift behavior of food items. Thanks again, I appreciate it.

[@furrybaer]

We add a bead about 1' or so above the fly, gets the fly down, but makes the worm look more natural to the fish...

[@SangheiliSpecOp]

I just came here to hear someone say "squirmy wormy" professionally

[@micahbrandt8726]

Could I just use a powerbait trout worm in a #14

[@ArkansasFishingFlies408]

Cool fly man

[@m40_kid70]

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

[@m40_kid70]

good* instead of get

[@joeduca8582]

Nice tip, simple matter of a thicker binder. Does that stuff deteriorate as fast as they say?

[@tightlinevideo]

Yes and no. A lot depends on the brand, how it is attached to the hook and how you store the completed flies. I have found when the material is pulled taut i.e. wound tightly around the hook shank it tends to fall apart rather quickly. Also heat and direct sunlight are generally a no no. Tying them as I did in the video seems to help with their longevity.

[@joeduca8582]

+tightlinevideo thanks

[@piaoliang5467]

Can u send me some if i pay them. I have a crappie fishing channel. Wonder if crappie will eat them under a float

[@ZGADOW]

idk what is it with worm flies, but if i use less than perhaps 3x tippet i get weird drag and twists in my leader. I usually avoid them, but it's a shame because fish like worms.

[@jacobstarr9010]

3X tippet should work with this anyways if you have a heavier fly with the dropper

[@josecruz021]

what if......you used red/pink shrink wrap tubing

[@trl9922]

What's the tool called you use at the end to snip your thread?

[@marcbullard885]

Great fly. Anyone have trouble getting good hook set on size 14 for steelhead?

[@1USACitizen192]

I tied this fly and limited. EVERY...SINGLE....TIME....

[@adventureswithfrodo2721]

Head cement will dissolve the worm. Actually the solvent aka acetone,

[@43RattleSnake]

Would these work for stocked rainbows in murky water?

[@tightlinevideo]

Yes, and wild browns in crystal clear water too.

[@43RattleSnake]

+tightlinevideo oh ok. Better get myself the materials

[@FightingTheFish]

Could I put some wire on it for weight?

[@SirPraiseSun]

squirmy wormy the easiest looking fly that's rather annoying if you havent tied some before, but hell they work so good fish go nuts.

[@chadfletcher8474]

What is the instrument that is used to cut the thread and the end of this video?

[@tightlinevideo]

See the following video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3rInXp7atB9bK8

[@metamurph]

brilliant

[@unionse7en]

I'm not a fly fisherman, sometimes I'm an annelid fishermen, whatever "it" takes....

[@yoopermann7942]

its kinda funny you only get two flys per piece of worm, i cut each half again so i get four flys, this works just i only used one half, yup this is one of those flys that if you can only take one fly this falls into that group as i have caught multiple species with it

[@juanrenteria8720]

anyone know where to buy? send link please

[@HuntingCreatures]

Juan Renteria I did got the squirmy wormy material from eBay www.ebay.com/itm/382051692714

[@nickb6302]

Red worms work wonders for landlocked sockeye salmon

[@blakeboyle5526]

Do sockeye even feed when going up river? I only seem to catch them by pissing them off with very colorful eggs

[@brown_trout_tourniquet1062]

I believe Sockeye do feed in rivers, but only during the very beginning of their trip. Very soon after the enter the rivers they stop feeding and the only way to catch them (with a fly rod) is by, as you said, "pissing them off".

[@lottaeriksson5143]

I dont use tyingthread. I tie with floss, works perfectly .

[@militarist7777]

Круть убийца окуня.

[@SirPraiseSun]

this and chenille/microchenille are the 2 best ways the other methods are waste of time and annoying

[@holyworrier]

Good Lord.

[@holyworrier]

I'd sooner get skunked.

[@1USACitizen192]

If you dont use these you probably poor fisherwoman.

[@mattfleming86]

Only dry flies with cat-gut, silk, and bamboo for you huh?

[@holyworrier]

@@mattfleming86 - Who put that silly idea in your head?

[@richludt2962]

N5

[@richludt2962]

Nice tip.

[@slaw03254]

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!!!

[@benbroscius9722]

Always cut my squirm when tying, thanks for tips