How to Tie the Green Weenie: A Simple but Deadly Inchworm Pattern

Hey everyone, it's Ryan again with Trident Fly Fishing. Today I'm tying the very simple, but very deadly green weenie fly. This is a inchworm fly that is a great fly to use when you're probing new water. So I'm gonna be tying this fly today on a size six jig hook. This is a hook that has no barb on it, and it's from Hannock, and I'm gonna be using six-aught Vivas thread, in chartreuse. I'm gonna tie in right behind this bead. I've added a four-millimeter bead, like a brass black bead, right at the point of the bend here in the jig hook. I'm just gonna tie my thread in right behind that eye, kinda lock it in. And now I'm gonna take the only other material in this fly, which is Ultra Chenille from Hairline. This is the fluorescent chartreuse, and I'm gonna take off a shank of about four inches or so. Cut that off. I'm gonna see if I can push that in or close the opening in the bead. Do a couple of loose wraps to position it right on top of the hook shank, and I'm really gonna kinda crank that down. And I'm using my left hand, my pointer finger and thumb to keep that Chenille right on the top of the hook shank. I don't want it to slide around. I'm tying my thread wraps back towards the bend of the hook. I'm gonna stop right before the bend of the hook, really make sure that material is locked in. And I'm gonna create the tail here just by adding a little bit of a loop, like so. The loop is gonna go back about a half inch. I'm gonna use my left hand, my pointer finger and thumb to pinch that loop in place. With my right hand, I'm gonna bring that thread up and over. Couple of loose wraps. And as I'm tying this in, again, I'm maintaining contact with that tail so it doesn't wrap around. I wanna make sure that's really locked in place. Creates that nice little bit of profile. That looks good. I'm gonna pull the material back and tie a little bit in front just to really make sure it's locked down. Few more wraps on top. And now I can pull this back and advance my thread all the way back to the bead and let that hang out. Now you notice there's a little bit of gap between the tail loop and the Chenille. And I'm gonna try to cover that up as best I can with a wrap that goes beneath the hook and around. And as I do this, as I'm adding tension to the wraps, I'm also pulling back and keeping that tail material locked. I don't want this material to spin around the hook. And you're gonna be touching wraps as I go forward. Really make sure that material is locked down. And I'm gonna wrap all the way to the back of that bead. Great. Now I'm gonna use my left hand to bring the thread up and over, right behind the eye. Sorry, right behind the bead. Like so. Couple wraps in front. Really capture that material. Couple back over the top again. Really lock that in place. Then I'm gonna pull and trim the material as close to the body of the fly as possible. It's okay if a little bit of that thread is showing. It's the same color, no big deal. I'm gonna whip finish there, right behind the bead. I would add a little bit of head cement right there just to finish up this knot. And that is a simple but really deadly fly for trout and salmon called the green weenie.