How to tie a San Juan Worm - With a Bead

The San Juan Worm is one of the greatest flies to catch trout with. A worm fly can be tied with many colors, weights and sizes. This unique pattern uses a bead to keep the fly in the strike zone, near the bottom.  The advantage to tying a San Juan Worm from one end of the chenille, over tying in the middle, is that the chenille lasts much longer without breaking down. Trout bite this pattern!

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Materials List:


You can expect to catch fish when you use worm flies to tie with a strong hook. I prefer to use a Tiemco 3761, size 10.
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 This unique San Juan Worm pattern calls for a medium or large gold or copper bead.  I also tie this fly with much lighter beads when conditions require.

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San Juan Worms come in many colors and sizes. You may find that the fish in your river like one color chenille over another.  I prefer red, natural and cinnamon colored worm flies.
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Step By Step: How to tie a San Juan Worm with a Bead

 



Place a bead on a hook,
(I like copper)




Thread the chenille through the bead
(be sure not to block the eye of the hook)





Apply super glue to the front of the bead around the hook (soak it just enough to fill the bead, a little goes a long way)







And the back of the bead around the hook






Lightly singe the tail end of the worm with a lighter

Now go catch big trout!


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Capt Matt Guides the Roaring Fork and the Colorado Rivers near Aspen, Colorado during the worm season. If you want to catch a bunch of fish using worm flies, go to http://www.aspenflyfishing.com





"How to tie a 
San Juan Worm
With a Bead"
by Capt. Matt Thomas

How to tie a Beadhead Carp Fly

This Bead Head Carp Fly is one of my favorite Colorado River patterns because it works well for carp that are deep or on the move. This Carp Fly may imitate a nymph or a minnow that a fish might encounter while he is feeding along.

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Carp are big fish and catching them takes a strong hook, I prefer a Tiemco 3761 size 10 or 12.

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For this carp fly pattern I use a medium or small gold bead to match the hook size.

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 I use strong thread that I can tie my carp flies securely with.  For this particular fly i chose to use a dark thread.

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This carp fly also has a copper wire rib to make it durable even when the gummiest of rubber lips suck it down.

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 The tail of this Bead Head Carp Fly is made with the fluff on the side of a chicken feather. I have experimented with a handful of colors and all seem to work.

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 The body of this fly is made with a couple of strands of peacock hurl.

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Finally, this bead head carp fly is finished with a stout brown saddle hackle. I like to use a stiff hackle that will act as somewhat of a weed guard for the fly.
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Step By Step: How to tie a Bead Head Carp Fly

First, start your hook

Tie in the tail

Tie in a copper rib

Tie in two strands of peacock hurl

Wrap the hurl forward one way

The copper rib forward in the other

Tie in a stout hackle

Then trim the hackle flush on top

Finally, whip finish to complete

Beadhead Carp Fly

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"How to tie a Bead Head Carp Fly"
by Capt Matt Thomas

How to tie a Pheasant Tail Nymph

This Pheasant Tail Nymph is tied small and works for every trout you cast at. Small mayfly nymphs are a staple in every trout's diet. I like to use this mayfly pattern throughout the year, but especially during the Blue Winged Olive hatch in the Spring and Fall.

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Materials list:







 


Step by Step...

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 Start with a small hook and thread

 Tie in a clump of pheasant for the tail

Add a stretch of copper wire for the rib of the fly

 Wrap the pheasant forward

 

Counter wrap the copper wire forward

Tie the wing case back

Add another clump of pheasant tail, tips forward for the legs and abdomen of the fly

Pull the wing case forward and divide the legs evenly

Whip finish and complete the fly!

Pheasant Tail Nymphs Rock!!!

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"How to tie a Pheasant Tail Nymph"

by Capt. Matt Thomas