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Donald makes it easy. Rubber bands, ostrich herl, black thread and white glass beads... #10 round hooks, coated with clear nail gloss.
Reading about the creatures these mimic, I learned about their head mounted gills, which is why the bead. I also discovered these critters have tiny "clasper" hooks at the rear....which I had to add!

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Comment by Rick King on December 24, 2013 at 7:00am: THOSE LOOK GREAT and I like the research you put into making them the best they can be. Just darn nice ties cant wait to see more from you........

Comment by Mark Stine on December 24, 2013 at 5:43am: Those are looking real fishy!! I am not sure you can have too many flies so often they are claimed by heavy cover. and when you see a fellow fly ;fisher on the water you might part with a few. amazed that the fly fisherman in my area don't tie their own flies.

Comment by chris kowaleski on December 23, 2013 at 11:36pm: Wow David, these look incredible as usual!

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on December 23, 2013 at 8:23pm: GREAT LOOKING BUGS SCRUFFY !!!!!!!!!! BOY YOU HAVE IT BAD NOW !!!!!!!!! I CAN SEE IT NOW , A COT IN YOUR FUTURE , right next to the tying bench , so when you awake from a slumber and had a dream of a bug ya just hop up outta the cot and start tying before ya forget the magic bug ya just thought of !!

IT IS BOTH A BLESSING AND MISFORTUNE TO HAVE AN IMAGINATION AND ABILITY LIKE YOURS ....

Comment by Andy "Fillet em" Eitutis on December 23, 2013 at 8:12pm: Would love to fifsh these deep in the reeds on a slip bobber!!!

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on December 23, 2013 at 8:11pm: "My dear friend, the devil is in thr details, and the details are what we truly want to use to entice the gills to sin by bitting the forbiden fruit. I got so many flies to play with that any more tying, I wont be able to chose to fish effectively. Of course, as the days slow down in my wiser years, and more free time to relax along/in/on the waters, I surely will make more flies in the best details possible to entice them more."

Amen!

Comment by Leo Nguyen on December 23, 2013 at 8:01pm: My dear friend, the devil is in thr details, and the details are what we truly want to use to entice the gills to sin by bitting the forbiden fruit. I got so many flies to play with that any more tying, I wont be able to chose to fish effectively. Of course, as the days slow down in my wiser years, and more free time to relax along/in/on the waters, I surely will make more flies in the best details possible to entice them more.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on December 23, 2013 at 7:27pm: hanks Mark and Leo.

These represent what are generically lumped among the genera known as, "chironimidae," also called, "midge larvae." The particular subgroup which these mimic are actually red in real life, too. This is because they are one of the few examples within the insect world that uses hemoglobin to metabolize oxygen. Thus, they rightly earn the name, "blood worm."

For us, it is important to know that they inhabit nearly all waters, both still and moving. This means bluegill will probably be accustomed to feeding on them wherever we find them. These are a bit oversized; fatter, too, But the real ones can go 1/2"-3/4". Big bait = big fish, right?

The white bead? I failed to mention that their gills are usually both prominent atop their heads and white in color. Often the are simulated with white thread, feather or floss. I used the bead because:

a. It is simple

b. It gives a finished look.

And Leo, you said - "way too detailed..." Well, I have crossed the line, you know. Tying is now a means to its own end, and it is the details that make a thing both mysterious and appealing. That these things may also be used to catch fish is a serendipitous benefit...

Comment by Mark Sleeper on December 23, 2013 at 6:54pm: wow very nice

Comment by Leo Nguyen on December 23, 2013 at 6:18pm: Getting way too detailed there ;-) Splendid none the less. Got to love those glass beads in place of the more expensive metal version, and yet, same creativeness.