Wire-Wrapped Squirmy Worm 11Jul16

I've begun to use a new "San Juan worm" tie recently and mentioned it several times. It works very well and is much "wormier" than chenille and therefore better at catching fish than my Obi Juan tie, though tying with the silicon squirmy material is a bit challenging. Squirmy can be readily cut by tying thread so I've adopted tying it on with brassie sized wire instead. This also has the advantage of weight to sink the worm.  I'm showing fluorescent pink here (to try on stupid inlet trout) but the best colors are San Juan red (pale pink), blood red and tan, and bi-color ties of these. Here are the steps to tying the wire-wrapped squirmy worm (pics are in reverse order): 1) on 5487 hook #16 (down eye heavy nymph) with red 140 denier thread, tie in red brassie wire to hook bend and return thread to eye, 2) wrap wire 1.5 times on hook then loosely wire-wrap in squirmy (with 1" showing off hook bend) using 2 wire wraps then wrap wire 5 times around hook directly, 3) tie in squirmy again with 2 loose wire-wraps, then repeat 5 wraps on hook and 2 wraps binding squirmy near head, 4) wrap twice on hook near eye and secure with thread wraps then whip finish. The WWSW works great and this tie recipe/technique makes it a little sturdier and sinkable than others, but they are still somewhat fragile due to the silicon material and the nature of toothy fish.