Worm fly

[flybox]

A lot of effort has been put into making shrimp flies on the basis that the shrimp is the salmon's favourite food. Falkus, iirc, recommended a large GP fished like a shrimp - dangled in front of a resident fish for as long as you can, crawling along the bottom.

I've never tried it, but under certain circumstances worming is reputed to be very effective. So has nobody invented a worm fly, designed to be fished like a worm?

[para1]

I did see something resembling a worm fly used down the Nith.
It was a bunch of elastic bands threaded onto a single hook with the loose ends dangling, seem to work for them.

[paulsewin]

Hi Flybox,

I think we are slowly getting there, in terms of using realistic imitations, with the use of Czech nymphs for salmon now.

The nearest I've come to this is using a Muppet. This is a small plastic lure, usually used for sea fish, which resembles a small squid. The EA rules meant I couldn't use worms.

I did fish it like a fly, trotting it across the pool, casting down and across. I had a rod wrenching take but no fish. An interesting experience though.

Here's something else to think about, the reverse really. My father regularly caught salmon on a bunch of worms fished without weight, like a fly down and across, just under the surface. Food for thought.

[flybox]

small plastic lure,

Is it a fly?