I have touched upon this before when I highlighted how to tie a version of the Vladi Worm using a Pink Condom. At the time, I remarked that it was hard to find a pink condom without walking into a porn arcade and perusing the lubes, toys, etc. and maybe having to sort through the color offerings of available condoms. Mail order options seemed limited and sketchy.
Earlier today, I was answering a comment question about the materials make up of a fly pattern. I recalled I had purchased a nice material from Performance Flies in Ohio. I went to PF to find the link to the materials section for the commenter. While doing so, I noticed that Performance Flies now offers Pink Condoms for the Vladi Worm. No more walking into the porn arcade for pink condoms.
A how to use the condom segment is in order. Because the condoms are lubricated, your fingers will get slick while cutting the sections. Your other materials and tools will get lubed up so paper towels or such to occasionally wipe off some of the lube is helpful.
The weighted Vladi Worm is a great dredging pattern to get down and perhaps take another pattern deeper.
Creative titles–made me look 😉
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Well yes creative and perhaps something unrequieted for you?
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Very creative titles–made me look. 😉
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Ha! Well I hope you learned something helpful. See your recent trip to PS. Just put my other half..the best half…on a plane to there with friends. Very envious as it is low 20’s and starting to snow!
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More possibilities come to mind than just marketing. You could use enhance (engorge) the volume of the body (maybe with some of that new non-Rx Viagra), add some more traditional materials, and have a whole new take on some of my favorite flies; some that come more or less immediately to mind are the humpy, the woolly bugger, the stimulator, the sexy stone,–oh, and don’t forget the bitch creek. -Gary
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Oh the free flowing ideas pour forth from the uninhibited mind!!! Thanks!
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I think you will find that the pattern is best fished in a slow sink and draw motion around interesting bottom contours.. 🙂
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Lordy me!
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I suppose it’s obvious that Performane Flies will now stock a nonprescription version of Viagra. to enhance the worm’s performance
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The marketing possibilites are endless.
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Are they strawberry flavored? LOL… they are cool looking worms!
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Necessity is the mother of invention. Kudos on linking fly tying to safe sex.
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I was going to go for abstinence, but thought ‘hey live a little.’
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