Comments on: Walt’s Worm http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/2009/04/walts-worm A Blog about Fly Fishing, Fly Tying and Related Topics... Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:31:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: CM_Stewart http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/2009/04/walts-worm/comment-page-1#comment-17 CM_Stewart Mon, 18 May 2009 22:28:09 +0000 http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/?p=693#comment-17 It was originally tied to imitate a gammarus pulex (known to American anglers as a scud). http://www.thomasames.com/insects/other/scud.htm The following article was written by Frank Sawyer's grandson. http://www.squidoo.com/sawyerkillerbug I don't rely on sight fishing as the article suggests, but I do find that the killer bug is by far my most effective subsurface fly. I don't fish spring creeks, but it really is a "killer" anywhere there are scuds. It was originally tied to imitate a gammarus pulex (known to American anglers as a scud).

http://www.thomasames.com/insects/other/scud.htm

The following article was written by Frank Sawyer’s grandson.
http://www.squidoo.com/sawyerkillerbug

I don’t rely on sight fishing as the article suggests, but I do find that the killer bug is by far my most effective subsurface fly. I don’t fish spring creeks, but it really is a “killer” anywhere there are scuds.

]]> By: Anthony Naples http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/2009/04/walts-worm/comment-page-1#comment-16 Anthony Naples Sun, 17 May 2009 13:15:17 +0000 http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/?p=693#comment-16 CM_Stewart, That's very interesting - do you know what the intent was of the Killer Bug? Was it meant as an imitation of anything in particular? CM_Stewart,
That’s very interesting – do you know what the intent was of the Killer Bug? Was it meant as an imitation of anything in particular?

]]> By: CM_Stewart http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/2009/04/walts-worm/comment-page-1#comment-15 CM_Stewart Sun, 17 May 2009 00:33:24 +0000 http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com/?p=693#comment-15 Blend in just a few strands of red mohair. When thoroughly wet, that will give the fly a slight pinkish tone, which is what Frank Sawyer achieved for his Killer Bug with the now unobtainable Chadwick's 477 yarn. The Killer Bug looks an awful lot like Walt's worm, and the pinkish tone from the yarn is supposedly what made it so very effective. Blend in just a few strands of red mohair. When thoroughly wet, that will give the fly a slight pinkish tone, which is what Frank Sawyer achieved for his Killer Bug with the now unobtainable Chadwick’s 477 yarn. The Killer Bug looks an awful lot like Walt’s worm, and the pinkish tone from the yarn is supposedly what made it so very effective.

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