[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"learn-glossary-san-juan-worm":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"aliases":6,"body":10,"category":27,"definitionShort":28,"description":16,"disciplineTags":29,"extension":30,"meta":31,"navigation":32,"path":33,"relatedCards":34,"relatedTerms":37,"seo":42,"sourceRef":43,"stem":44,"term":5,"__hash__":45},"learn_glossary\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary\u002Fsan-juan-worm.md","San Juan Worm",[7,8,9],"san juan","sjw","worm fly",{"type":11,"value":12,"toc":23},"minimark",[13,17,20],[14,15,16],"p",{},"The San Juan Worm gets dismissed as \"barely a fly,\" but trout don't care. Aquatic worms (annelids) live in soft river bottoms and get rooted out constantly; after rain, terrestrial worms also wash in from the banks. The pattern — a single strand of red or pink chenille tied to a curved hook — covers both meals.",[14,18,19],{},"It's named for the San Juan River in New Mexico, where guides figured out in the 1970s that trout on tailwater silt beds ate worms more reliably than insects most days.",[14,21,22],{},"Fish it deep, dead-drifted under an indicator or as the trailing fly on a Euro rig. After a heavy rain, the San Juan is often the only fly worth tying on for the first day of high, dirty water. Hot pink for stained water, brown for clear.",{"title":24,"searchDepth":25,"depth":25,"links":26},"",2,[],"fly","A simple chenille fly imitating an aquatic worm or freshly dislodged earthworm. Hot pink, red, or rust is standard. Effective year-round and especially after rain, when real worms wash into the river.",[27],"md",{},true,"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary\u002Fsan-juan-worm",[35,36],"tying-on-a-dropper-rig","euro-nymphing-101",[38,39,40,41],"nymph","dead-drift","indicator","dropper",{"description":16},null,"learn\u002Fglossary\u002Fsan-juan-worm","oqEv9faZEsvH3yIgq1S_QULZxZDqvCVYvfLCVPj7hXg"]