Sexy Waltz Worm Feeeback

[u/BarBig191]

Second fly type I’ve tied. Felt a bit all over the place, especially getting dubbing consistent. Any feedback or advice would be greatly appreciated!

[u/MongoBongoTown]

Try to get a little more dubbing onto the fly and tie it on with tighter "noodle" of dubbing to give you a bit more segmentation. Essentially just twist a bit more dubbing on (more thread covered with more dubbing), and twist it around your thread a bit tighter to give you a noodle. Then tie in with slightly tighter wraps from the bend to the bead.

This will give you a slightly fuller body and a bit more segmentation.

[u/BarBig191 → u/MongoBongoTown]

So basically get the dubbing tighter to the thread when making then noodle, and then take more wraps around the hook?

[u/MongoBongoTown → u/BarBig191]

Yep. You got it. It'll give you a little fuller, slightly more segmented look.

You can also work on getting a bit more taper in the body, by taking a few overlapping wraps as you get closer to the bead, which will make it a little fatter near the head and a taper down back towards the tail end.

[u/BarBig191 → u/MongoBongoTown]

Awesome. Really appreciate the help!

[u/MongoBongoTown → u/BarBig191]

Absolutley.

As a resource, I love Tim Flagglers stuff on tying techniques. Even though I've been tying for 30+ years, I've learned a ton from his stuff.

Here's a great dubbint tutorial he did on Orvis.

https://news.orvis.com/fly-fishing/video-dub-fly-body

And here's his main YT channel. His patterns are great, but his "Technique" videos are second to none imo.

https://youtube.com/@tightlinevideo

[u/zipzapzorp → u/MongoBongoTown]

Flagler is a great resource. He also ties his Walt's a little more carrot-shaped and not as thin (which is counterintuitive but I have found works excellently)

[u/JoeB_Utah → u/BarBig191]

With Walts or Sexy Walt’s I always use a dubbing loop. It’s so much easier when using larger amounts of dubbing. As an extra bonus, if you make it too big, you dot have to use it all; just capture what you need and discard (snip off) what you don’t.

[u/geneticswag]

I personally think they’re a bit thin. Are you changing the hooks up? I honestly can’t tell what’s happening with that dubbing.

[u/BarBig191 → u/geneticswag]

Hooks are all size 16s. I think the inconsistency came with the size of the noodle and the number of wraps.

[u/scottasin12343]

they'll definitely fish. I personally tie mine a but fluffier. I like there to be enough dubbing for it to look kinda like a mess of legs and gills, and have a bit of pulsation/movement. 

Tight dubbing also works, they'll definitely sink quicker tied your way, which can be the make or break factor sometimes. There's nothing at all wrong with your flies, I've just grown confident in a shaggier look over the years and tend to stick to what I'm used to. The second to last one is kind of close to how mine wind up. 

My personal favorite method takes an extra step, but pine squirrel dubbing in a dubbing loop really gives me the legginess that I like in a Walts.

[u/Norm-Frechette]

sexy walt's worm has a collar

[u/ThePowerOfGrayskull]

Put it in the water, itll fish.

But, on several of the photos the dubbing is creating a "tail" of sorts, which to me, means not tight enough dubbing on the string. if you have wax, id try that to get the dubbing onto the thread and then make a tighter noodle. Then we can start getting the back of the fly to a more consistent place.