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Tungsten Belly Worm
Cheech's Tungsten Belly Worm answers a request Fly Fish Food hears often: a tougher option than the tungsten Squirmy Wormy. A fluorescent orange tungsten bead rides on a length of red Ultra Chenille, and the chenille is lashed to a Grab Gape hook so the bead sits at the middle of the worm. There are only four components. Fly Fish Food freely admits that purists will object to it. Tied here on a size 12 hook.
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Materials
Fulling Mill 35025 Grab Gape Hook, barbless, size 12
12
Plummeting Tungsten Beads - Neon Colors, fluorescent orange, 1/8 inch (3.3mm)
Fluorescent Orange · 3.3mm
How to Tie the Tungsten Belly Worm
- 1
Step 1
Clamp the hook in the vise.
- 2
Step 2
Cut a length of Ultra Chenille and melt one end with a lighter so it firms up to a point.
- 3
Step 3
Work the firm end through the bead and slide the bead along to the middle of the chenille.
- 4
Step 4
Pass the lighter over both ends of the chenille to finish them.
- 5
Step 5
Start the thread on the shank and trim the tag.
- 6
Step 6
Hold the chenille along the top of the shank with the bead in the middle of the hook.
- 7
Step 7
Bind the chenille to the shank on one side of the bead with firm wraps.
- 8
Step 8
Carry the thread past the bead and bind the chenille down on the other side the same way.
- 9
Step 9
Whip finish and trim the thread.
Watch Tying Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrRVcGmaknI
Credit: Cheech / Fly Fish Food