Variation of the Greenie-Weenie

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Comment by Allen Morgan on January 27, 2014 at 6:31am

Don, I was going to say that this bug looks like it would hammer the Green Sunnies.  Looks like you already knew it :)

I've always liked using something Chartreuse for Green Sunnies.  I've seen them try to pick the stop-knot off my line on my spinning poles.....

Comment by carl hendrix on January 26, 2014 at 10:40pm

that's a great looking bug!  good looking color to!!  no wonder its a killer!!

Comment by Leo Nguyen on January 26, 2014 at 10:09pm

That going to turn BGs heads. It does reminds me of Tooty's stingers with the tail and flowing ripple body. They're going to hammer that.

Comment by Mark Sleeper on January 26, 2014 at 7:20pm

wow this looks good. I've heard of this fly being used as a dropper with a patriot fly on top a killer combo ,nice  job Donald

Comment by james bluto gillette on January 26, 2014 at 7:03pm

nice bug don

Comment by Donald Schmotzer on January 26, 2014 at 7:01pm

  Never heard of the Marvs fly, but it looks like the same thing. One of the first flies I learned to tie was the Greenie-Weenie and I just added the pearl chenille to make it more flashy. I ran out of these during the summer and was tying some for the coming warm water season. It's a great little fly and perfect for UL fly rods. One reason I added the beaded-head  is I like to fish it in the Saluda river where there is a current.. It catches a lot of Green Sunfish along with the occasional SM Bass. This little fly works well in ponds and Lake Murray too. It only takes a minute or so to tie one of these so there is really no excuse for running out of them. David, I wish I would have thought of these while you were here, we would have tied some along with the other patterns.  Good Luck and good fishing........Hurry-up Spring.................Don in SC

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on January 26, 2014 at 6:11pm

Marvs Fly: http://www.flyanglersonline.com/features/lakes/part16.php

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on January 26, 2014 at 6:08pm

After looking at this, I was sure I'd seen something like it before. After digging around and knocking the dust off my archives, I found it: Marv Taylors one of a kind, "Marvs Fly."

Marv is/was a Western trout man and writer, kinda like our own Jim Gronaw. He came up with a number of designs and made famous a few lesser known patterns. "Marv's Fly" is very similar to your "Green Weenie Meenie" here, Don. The cool thing is, Marv loves bluegill as much as trout and fished stillwaters a lot for both species. Many of his designs and favorites cross boundaries between the two, to our benefit.

Check it out

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on January 26, 2014 at 5:13pm

MAN GREAT LOOKING BUG DONALD !!!!!!!!! THANKS FOR THE RECIPE AND IT LOOKS LIKE BLUEGILL SUICIDE TO ME BUDDY .......

Comment by Donald Schmotzer on January 26, 2014 at 5:01pm

 

  To be honest, I don't remember ever fishing this fly in cold water. I always fished this flashy worm in spring and summer around brush and rock piles and along weed lines. Very effective on the little guys and once in a while a big gill or a nice little Bass will grab it . It would most likely work in cold water too, but not what I normally fish in the winter.............Don

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