Fly Tied By: Fred
Bridge
Recipe By: Russ Mowry (Weenie) and
Fred Bridge (Red Hot)
Story By: Fred
Bridge
Home: York,
Pennsylvania
E-mail: fbridge@suscom.netRead Fred's other stories:
Green Drake Nymph and
Green Drake Parachute |
Once a professional tier, now that
Fred is retired he restricts his tying to flies for himself,
friends and family. Fred is an active supporter of a
number of PA Trout Unlimited Chapters. He enjoys
presenting slide shows of trips to Yellowstone Country, New
York's Salmon River, and New Zealand's North Island, to
conservation and fishing
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The Green Weenie was developed by
Ken Igo and Russ Mowry of Westmoreland County, PA. The late
Russ Mowry was Fred’s brother-in-law, friend, buddy, fishing
companion, and mentor, teaching Fred the fundamentals of fly tying
and fly fishing more than 50 years ago.
Fred introduced the Weenie to South Central PA and the popularity
of this simple fly has spread rapidly throughout the country.
Probably, this is due in no small part to Charlie Meck’s book
Pennsylvania Trout Streams and Their Hatches, in which he talks
about first using it while fishing with Russ Mowry in Western
PA.
As the fly is very effective on
brown trout, though other trout will hit it, Fred figured something
red would work even better for rainbows and brook trout. He
found that when tied with fluorescent fire orange chenille, the Red
Hot is to rainbows and brooks what the Weenie is to
browns.
By the way, tied on #6 or #8 long
shank salmon hooks, both flies will take salmon from the upstate NY
rivers.
--Fred Bridge
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Green Weenie and Red Hot,
as tied by Fred Bridge |
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Photos by Peter Frailey
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Tying Sequence:
Hook: Size 12, Mustad
79580.
Thread:
Green or red.
Underbody: Wraps of lead
wire. (Or, leave unweighted and dress with floatant to fish as a
caterpillar or inchworm.)
Tail: 1/4" loop of
chenille.
Body: Chenille wrapped up the shank
and tied off.
Head: Thread wraps completed with
whip finish and cement.
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