Trouser Worm

By McTage, submitted by Buzzy.

Description

The foam tail causes this back of the fly to float so it's fun to "guess" where a carp is moving towards and twitch the fly as the fish nears. The floating tail also helps to reduce hang ups on rocky bottoms. The head is heavy so it's best to lead a fish several feet (when the stars align) so as not to spook the fish. When the light is right, the fish are in the mood, this fly is a lot of fun to fish.

Materials

• Bead: 2.4 mm bead on the head
• Bead: Tungsten Bead
• Bead: small glass bead at the end of the trouser tail (keeps the 2 mm foam in place
• Body: Canadian brown Simiseal dubbing
• Hackle: pheasant rump or schlappen
• Shank: Tuf Line - is threaded through the center of the 2 mm foam
• Tail: 2 mm foam
• Tail: cut from stock using a .223 caliber shell casing sharpened to punch through the foam
• Thread: UTC 140
• Weight: lead eyes
• Weight: unpainted

Hooks

• Owner 5180-091 size 10

Target species: Carp

Fly types: Carp