Mop chenille worms

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Made these awhile back and remembered them when I was going through the pics on my phone recently. They absolutely slaughtered the crappie dragging them along the banks in the fall. Bet they will do great in the early spring too. Super easy and fast to make since there's only one material and thread. They are made of Hareline UV galaxy mop chenille with the end singed to a point with a lighter. It has mylar woven in for flash, comes in a million different colors and you get a lot in the pack. These are mottled brown to resemble an earthworm but I also had a lot of success with mottled olive and solid white and black. You can control the amount of taper and get fancy and put a collar on them or mix and match the body and tail color by using a different chenille if you want.

Looks good and I like the jig head you put them on

Thanks. I found that if you bounce them a bit during the retrieve the tail flops around and really looks alive. The chenille soaks up a lot of water which makes them easier to cast in small sizes without impacting the drop rate. I got these heads in a swap box many, many years ago. I believe they are from a custom mold from someone who has since passed away. I'm going to be sad when they're gone.

Everything wanted to eat these things. Everything.

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I just started making some. The white ones look like waxworms. I'm going to try them thru the ice with slabsauce on them.

That cat certainly liked it

Kinda looks like a wooly worm we have here in Indiana.
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I just started making some. The white ones look like waxworms. I'm going to try them thru the ice with slabsauce on them.

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I was going for the pinched crawler look with these but I've found if you hold the chenille vertical so just the end faces the flame you can get a nice rounded end that looks like the butt end of a grub or maggot. But be sure and glue everything down well. It likes to pull out from under the thread after it's been eaten a few times if it's not really secure.

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That cat certainly liked it

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I liked him too. He tasted great in sandwiches. Was a fun fight on an ultralight rod. I had several break off right at the dock on the first night because the water was too far down to reach them without going in myself. After that I brought a big net with a long handle. Also caught tons of yellow perch and bluegills on them.

Shoe

Redman designed that jighead years ago and I haven't heard from him for a long time. Redear learned the process from him with how to press heads to make molds in aluminum blocks and was good at it. He sent me a single cavity mold of that head and it's one of my favorites. Years ago when I did rounds of material swaps I put a bunch of them in the swap box.

If you don't want to burn the chenille you could also do twisted chenille and make the same style Attachment 446017

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Shoe

Redman designed that jighead years ago and I haven't heard from him for a long time. Redear learned the process from him with how to press heads to make molds in aluminum blocks and was good at it. He sent me a single cavity mold of that head and it's one of my favorites. Years ago when I did rounds of material swaps I put a bunch of them in the swap box.

If you don't want to burn the chenille you could also do twisted chenille and make the same style Attachment 446017

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Now those are very cool and something I haven’t seen before. Did you twist the chenille with hackle to give it that look?

Wow. Learned something new. Interesting.

Nice work and success!

Some of mine.
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Now those are very cool and something I haven’t seen before. Did you twist the chenille with hackle to give it that look?

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There's a commercially sold jig for salmon and steelhead that uses this technique called the Aerojig. You can find them in stores all over here in the PNW and I imagine around the Great Lakes as well. That's where I first saw it used. There are a few tutorial videos on YouTube on how to tie them.

This chewing gum chenille works great making those as well,,,i use on jig making as well,,,jumbo size has some great colors as well,,,buy all 13 from Fnf and get what they call the Range pack for a special deal….shipping kinda is pricey though,,,

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This chewing gum chenille works great making those as well,,,i use on jig making as well,,,jumbo size has some great colors as well,,,buy all 13 from Fnf and get what they call the Range pack for a special deal….shipping kinda is pricey though,,,

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I'll have to try that. Just wish the rubber band chenille wasn't so expensive. I got a few packs pretty cheap from Grandpa Bob's before he just stopped shipping orders but now I can only find the FnF stuff at crazy prices and you don't get a whole lot in the bag.

Yes you spin it right along with the chenille it can be a pain doing it but it gives it a great look and you can use up all those pieces of hackle instead of wasting them. Shoe was right that it's based on the Aero Jig pattern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9WhNP64jTQ

That is one innovative bait:cheers2

Learn something new everyday!

Where can you buy some of this material??? These would absolutely clobber a ton of bluegill.

Amazon had it. Made by Waspi

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Where can you buy some of this material??? These would absolutely clobber a ton of bluegill.

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It's available at a bunch of online stores that carry Hareline fly tying products. I think I got mine from Barlow's. If you have a small fly shop nearby they can probably order it for you too. The full name is Hareline UV Galaxy Mop Chenille. Some places have different pages for the solid and mottled variety.

The bluegills really like the tan color too. Looks just like a grub if you cut it really short.

Wapsi's mop chenille is different. I haven't seen it in person but I don't think it has the reflective fibers.

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Shoe

Redman designed that jighead years ago and I haven't heard from him for a long time. Redear learned the process from him with how to press heads to make molds in aluminum blocks and was good at it. He sent me a single cavity mold of that head and it's one of my favorites. Years ago when I did rounds of material swaps I put a bunch of them in the swap box.

If you don't want to burn the chenille you could also do twisted chenille and make the same style Attachment 446017

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Fatman if your on FB you can find Redman. I see him everyone in a while on there.

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