SevenMileShowcase
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Green weenie
Anybody have any luck with these, they're supposed to be killer and this year being my first full year dedicated to fly fishing, I wondered if they're worth tying? They seem very easy. Thoughts or advice?
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RE: Green weenie
2012/02/21 15:17:48
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i have to say i've heard good things about them the only problem is i've seen so many different patterns called the green weenie i don't know what is the real deal or which ones are the imposters!
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RE: Green weenie
2012/02/21 15:32:03
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Yes, they kill on stockers. I like to use one as the lead fly and drop a small pheasant tail off of it.
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RE: Green weenie
2012/02/21 15:35:52
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Yes, they kill on stockers. Better than marshmallows?
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RE: Green weenie
2012/02/21 15:37:35
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Yes, they kill on stockers.
Better than marshmallows?
Of course not, let's be realistic, marshmallows are best.
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RE: Green weenie
2012/02/21 18:56:25
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Ya Ive just been researchig streams I'll be fishing and the one I'll be fishing has a lot of overhanging brush, so im hoping itll work so I'll loo out for imposters. See what's up
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RE: Green weenie
2012/02/21 19:08:27
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just like many flies there is a time when they are killer. the GW should be in your box and used often. it is very similar to a caddis larvae or pupa flies tied much more elaborately.
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RE: Green weenie
2012/02/21 19:27:07
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I use them year round and catch fish on them year round. Like said before the stocked fish go crazy for them. I out fished 2 buddies 5-1 on a few occasions using the green weenie.
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RE: Green weenie
2012/02/21 19:58:49
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Wow I didn't think it would get these testimonials, I'll definitely start to tie some up with a blend of the versions I can find online to make a mega green weenie haha. But even early Europeans used them for the brown trahts so they got to be good
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RE: Green weenie
2012/02/21 22:47:06
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RE: Green weenie
2012/02/22 00:09:32
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Hahah, not yet, once i get my webcam and youtube channel up and running i will.
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RE: Green weenie
2012/02/22 09:20:36
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http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c150/itieflys/?action=view¤t=0012.jpg I use mustad #9671 nymph hook in sizes 10 and 12. Lay a base of thread down on the hook shank starting at the head and going back to the bend. Pull of some of the chartreuse chenille fibers exposing the white core string, approx 1/4". This will reduce bulk when you tie the material in. Form the loop and bring the chenille forward and whip finish. You might want to tie some in black, red and tan. yes, I came up with this fly nearly 30 years ago. I gave it it's name from the late Pirate announcer Bob Prince. Who used to wave a dill pickle (green wennie) to put a hex on opposing teams.
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RE: Green weenie
2012/02/22 14:21:26
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Hahah, not yet, once i get my webcam and youtube channel up and running i will.
That should be sweet!
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RE: Green weenie
2012/02/22 15:32:52
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That fly looks incredible, Everything I've seen us junk compared to that, I mean that looks awesome.
GW, did you ever tie anywith a beadhead
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RE: Green weenie
2012/02/23 10:19:21
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They work. I always have some in my flybox. Some with beads. Easy to tie.
post edited by bigfoot - 2012/02/24 10:00:33
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RE: Green weenie
2012/02/23 12:56:02
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I dont fish the weenie often, but it is a money fly on Penns. Good panfish fly too. For panfish I add three rubber-leg antenna.
Now that you know it works, the question is: to add the loop tail or leave it off? Greg Hoover of psu used to correct people all the time over the nomenclature of the name. I think the weenie is with the tail, if it doesnt have a tail its just an inchworm pattern. There you have it.
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RE: Green weenie
2012/02/23 15:10:25
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Love the green weenie. Caught roughly 30 fish in two days last May with it on Kettle.
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RE: Green weenie
2012/02/23 23:03:16
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I first saw the green weenie in the late 1960's - early 1970's while fishing at Fisherman's Paradise. It was nothing more than standard size fluorescent chartreuse chenille wound around the hook shank of a #10 2XL and whip finished with black thread. Those hatchery trout went nuts over it. All you had to do was get it in the water -- neither drag nor drift was critical. We've always attributed the name to "The Gunner," Bob Prince, and his Heinz pickle hex he'd call up with the fans at Forbes Field and the early days at Three Rivers. It paved the way for "The Terrible Towel." Here's a little history: Green Weenie Prince may have been controversial from time to time, but he sure was entertaining and a die-hard Pirate booster. They broke the cast when he came out of the womb.
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RE: Green weenie
2012/02/24 10:11:15
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I dont fish the weenie often, but it is a money fly on Penns. Good panfish fly too. For panfish I add three rubber-leg antenna.
Now that you know it works, the question is: to add the loop tail or leave it off? Greg Hoover of psu used to correct people all the time over the nomenclature of the name. I think the weenie is with the tail, if it doesnt have a tail its just an inchworm pattern. There you have it.
I tie some with a tail, some without. Can't really say if it really matters one way or another. I think it's more a matter of color and size. Fish are not all that bright. If something floates by that looks edible and they are hungry, they will usually try and eat it.
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RE: Green weenie
2012/02/24 14:18:13
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Ya, good point, I ordered some size 12 eagle claw razr sharp hooks, in brown red and green, im going to color coordinate my weenies, wheres a goood place I can pick up chenille?
These will be my first ties on my own, normally i have a friend tie me some in exchange for feathers and ciggarettes haha but i wanna have some pride and do these on my own, ive aleady filed off the barbs on the hook, just need some chenille, in red tan and chartruese
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RE: Green weenie
2012/02/24 15:30:18
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There's a bug on the rug!
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RE: Green weenie
2012/02/24 15:38:16
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just need some chenille, in red tan and chartruese
Our local Gander Mountain stocks plenty of chenille here in southwestern PA. You might try them if there's one nearby, but generally any shop that sells fly tying material will have chenille.
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RE: Green weenie
2012/02/24 15:44:08
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Ya, good point, I ordered some size 12 eagle claw razr sharp hooks, in brown red and green, im going to color coordinate my weenies, wheres a goood place I can pick up chenille?
These will be my first ties on my own, normally i have a friend tie me some in exchange for feathers and ciggarettes haha but i wanna have some pride and do these on my own, ive aleady filed off the barbs on the hook, just need some chenille, in red tan and chartruese
http://www.fishusa.com/Ultra-Chenille_p.html All you can buy right here.
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RE: Green weenie
2012/02/24 15:45:03
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There's a bug on the rug! Oh yeah, I remember it well!! That link I provided is the Wikipedia biography of Bob Prince. It's well done and lists nearly all of his expressions and nicknames for various Pirate players over the years.
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RE: Green weenie
2012/02/24 16:04:55
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Just as good if not better than the green weenie is the "honey bug". It uses a different chenille than the green wennie does. It was started by Paul Berger and trademarked. Then my wifes great uncle bought it off of him. It is dyed all different colors and comes in two sizes of material. The first evening I fished with them about 15 years ago I caught over 30 trout. Great for panfish as well. The material is hard to come by but it is avaliable.
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RE: Green weenie
2012/02/24 19:13:07
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Brett, can i purchuse some anywhere. I cant find a purchasing site when i go online
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RE: Green weenie
2012/02/24 22:26:52
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ya, i saw, it was referring to the honey bug.
I did have my buddy tie some but i dont think they look anything like green weenies.
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RE: Green weenie
2012/02/24 23:43:26
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I use the green weenie that looks like green weenie's tie. And they have caught plenty of wild trout too! Not just the pellet heads. One of my go to flies.
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RE: Green weenie
2012/02/25 12:54:28
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