The San Juan Worm
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Double trebles, articulated nightcrawler
Might as well put some weight on it and go squid jigging!!
So, nothing earth shaking. Just what i have done.
1. I wrap medium red wire at the mid point of the hook, about 10 wraps.
2. I light burn the end (top of chenille that will hang over the hook eye).
3. Wrap red mono waxed tread the length of the hook, where the chenille will go, and covering the red wire. Securing the chenille at the back of hook. Ending with the thread at the hook eye.
4. Then I use KISS (i.e. super glue) on the top of the thread on top of hook.
5. Pull chenille forward and secure with thread at hook eye.
6. Cut and light burn chenille at back of hook.
So many possible variations.
1. I wrap medium red wire at the mid point of the hook, about 10 wraps.
2. I light burn the end (top of chenille that will hang over the hook eye).
3. Wrap red mono waxed tread the length of the hook, where the chenille will go, and covering the red wire. Securing the chenille at the back of hook. Ending with the thread at the hook eye.
4. Then I use KISS (i.e. super glue) on the top of the thread on top of hook.
5. Pull chenille forward and secure with thread at hook eye.
6. Cut and light burn chenille at back of hook.
So many possible variations.
Don't forget to ty some in Pink very effective on the Yak too
A little public service announcement for those who fish the lower D….squirmies are considered bait….any soft rubber is considered such. Pretty dumb if you ask me, but that’s the reg. I guess rubber legs on stonefly nymphs are ok though???
What @Pigs said regarding the Rubber Bodied San Juan Worms
I’ve spent a ton of time researching this recently. Taken as the Oregon Regs are currently written,
They are also illegal on the
Metolius
Fall River
Crooked River too now that its an Artificial Lures and Flies only River
Makes zero sense.
Maybe someone smarter than me can research it deeper and let me know what their interpretation is.
Bob
I’ve spent a ton of time researching this recently. Taken as the Oregon Regs are currently written,
They are also illegal on the
Metolius
Fall River
Crooked River too now that its an Artificial Lures and Flies only River
Makes zero sense.
Maybe someone smarter than me can research it deeper and let me know what their interpretation is.
Bob
My most charitable guess would be that it’s because it is pretty much impossible for an enforcement officer to tell a salt-impregnated plastic bait from a standard plastic bait/lure, and since it has been said that fish treat the salt-impregnated plastics pretty much like real deal bait, they just ban all the plastics in artificial-only waters. And I haven’t read the recent Oregon regs about this that you write of so I’m really going out on a limb here.
MFC Heavy Wire Scud 7045 #10
Red, pink & brown…and don't forget the Pig Sticker; a couple years ago it was effective after heavy rains on the Green turned it brown on B section due to Red Creek. I might have to bust one out Sun or Mon since we are expecting rain, not to mention high 30’s/low 40’s (Id rather it snow)