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Croston's Chenille Worm

Egg · Trout · Intermediate · 2 versions

Classic Recipe

  • Hook wide-gape barbless grub/nymph hook (Fulling Mill FM5027), 12-14
  • Thread fluorescent pink 8/0

Materials

  • Bead Gold tungsten drop bead (3.5mm) (1)
  • Body Super Suede / micro-suede chenille (small) (1 strand)
  • Hot spot Fluorescent pink tying thread over the bead (few turns)

How to tie it

  1. Slide the gold tungsten drop bead onto the hook and seat it at the eye; Croston's drop-bead method fixes it to invert the hook and load weight forward.
  2. Start the fluorescent pink thread behind the bead and lay a thin base along the shank to the bend.
  3. Tie in a single strand of suede chenille at the rear, leaving a short stub past the bend for a soft tail tip.
  4. Wrap the thread forward to just behind the bead in touching turns to make a smooth underbody.
  5. Spiral the chenille forward in even touching turns to build a plump, uniform worm body, then tie off behind the bead.
  6. Build a few turns of fluorescent pink thread as a hot-spot collar right behind the bead, whip finish, and add a drop of varnish.

Other versions

1 more in the app: Hot.

Tying videos

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