Dean’s Worm

Fly: Andy Simon, photograph: Hans Weilenmann

Hook: size 16 nymph
Thread: 8/0 grey uni-thread
Head: Small clear glass bead
Tail/Body: tan micro chenille (Use Zap-a-Gap to hold the bead and chenille in place)
Note: My friend, Dean Perry, is one of the greatest fishermen I have ever seen. His style is fast and efficient, like the great Art Flick. Whenever I get the chance to fish with him, I am humbled. On any given day, for every fish I catch, he will take 3 or 4. Dean introduced me to this great sport, and has been my inspiration to keep at it.

Dean’s flies are always great fish catchers, and they are simple to tie. This aquatic worm fly is possibly the simplest fly I have even seen, and it breaks the tradition of common fly tying. But, toss it over any large trout, and they don’t seem to care how long it took you or that it isn’t a “real fly” - they just care that it looks like food! I know a spring creek in Washington where this pattern catches more fish than everything else combined. Fish Dean’s Worm close the bottom, and be ready as takes can be hard to detect.


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