Another Finesse Worm

This one has a nice shimmy in hand and it rattles.  Length is approximately four inches.  Its hook is a bronze, 1/0 sproat.

Floating Finesse Worms

Will be back to tying jigs soon.

In the meantime, here are three finesse-style worms tied for river smallmouth bass fishing.  Again, their major components are chenille yarn, latigo lace, craft fur, and pony beads.  Remember well that pony beads float in water.  A fishing suggestion appears on the right side of my vise platform.

Bring some toothpicks along for pegs when fishing these as they can make a bullet weight adjustable in its position along the line.

Pony Bead Flukes

Tied the lures below on latigo lace with craft fur tail material, a fluffy chenille yarn, and pony beads.  Pony beads come in a variety of colors and can be combined to produce interesting patterns.  These are designed to sink very slowly as their lace absorbs water.  Their sink rate may be increased by adding suspend dots or small wraps of lead ribbing.  Hooks are bronze 1/0 sproats.  The red tying thread is a 210 denier.

I plan to fish them in clearer waters with either a 9/10-wt. fly or a medium light spinning outfit next spring.

The Super Salamander

Comprised primarily of pony beads and Latigo Lace, this 'super salamander' approaches 12 inches in length.  Bulky chenille yarn and googly eyes surround the long lace tail tied onto the 4/0 hook's shank.

I would like to fish this in a farm or retention pond containing trophy-sized largemouth bass and a limited food supply.  However, I'll more than likely cast it about my local reservoir sometime soon.

How To Sharpen Fishing Hooks

How To Sharpen Fishing Hooks

Recent Works

Now tying worms and flukes with beads and leather.  The beads float, providing an interesting characteristic for designing floating or neutral buoyancy subsurface lures.

Bucktails

Rarely do I tie bucktail jigs.  However, I'm often looking to expand my experience with materials, so I took a little time recently to tie a couple.

 Materials:

• Unpainted ball-head jigs weighing 3/16 and 1/4 of an ounce with 2/0 and 1/0 hooks, respectively.
• Rosey's Powder Coatings - Olive Grey 85% Gloss and Green Grey Powder Coating - RAL 7009.
• Rosey's Powder Coating mixes with glitter - Clear Coat High Gloss 100% with green and red glitter, respectively.
• UTC Ultra Thread (140 denier) - olive.
• Hedron, Inc. Flashabou - red.
• Bi-color tinsel - emerald/magenta.
• Wapsi Strung Rooster Hackles - olive/natural.
• Wapsi Bucktail - olive.
• Lion Brand Suede Yarn - olive.