Description
San Juan Worm Micro Red is an aquatic worm imitation tied with a micro chenille and mounted with no added weight at all, for a slow descent and a completely natural drift.
The San Juan Worm is one of the oldest and most effective imitations in fly fishing: it copies the aquatic worms that live in the riverbed and that the current constantly washes loose. It is a food item trout know well, do not associate with danger, and will take even when they refuse everything else.
This Micro version uses a special chenille, 1 mm on the smaller sizes and 2 mm on the larger ones, for a slim, realistic profile that the far bulkier classic versions simply do not have.
No added weight: no bead, no lead. The fly sinks slowly and follows the current seam without being dragged, which makes it right for the long dead drift over difficult fish on big rivers, where a weighted fly behaves unnaturally and puts them down.
Colour Red
Red is the original San Juan Worm and still the benchmark: it is the colour of the living worm and it works in every condition, from gin-clear to slightly coloured water.
How to fish it
- On a long dead drift: on fine, long leaders, letting it drift freely with no retrieve. This is where it does its best work on wild, wary fish.
- Under an indicator: suspended in the seam, with the depth set close to the bottom.
- As a point fly: below a weighted nymph, when you need to reach the bottom without giving up a slim profile.
- After a spate: when the current has worked the riverbed and worms are drifting.
Specifications
- Type: San Juan Worm / aquatic worm imitation
- Body material: 1 mm chenille (small sizes) and 2 mm (large sizes)
- Construction: unweighted, no bead
- Hook: barbless
- Colour: Red
- Hook sizes available: #12, #14, #16
- Pack: 3 flies
Hand-tied in Italy by Massimo Clini.
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