She would say, See? with a wicked, beautiful smile on her face. She loved it when her predictions were right and the weather persons were wrong. They were passed down to help us know how to prepare for the night, day, or season. She would say that her ways were the ways of the Indians. She taught me how to feel and smell the rain coming and to look at the colors of sunsets to know if we needed to close our windows at night. taught me how to look at nature to indicate what kind of weather was coming.
In this video I demonstrate how to tie one using wool yarn, chenille and hackle. Both she and the Woolly Worm have a pretty accurate track record for being right about the winter weather. The Woolly Worm is very effective fly pattern that is relatively easy to tie. But, with no disrespect, I think I'll stick with my grandmas' Woolly Worm weather prediction method. Ok, Farmer's Almanac, I get it, there are different types of Woolly Worms that we are lumping together as far as weather prediction. We’ll leave the weather-prognosticating “skills” to your own observation!" "Note that white, yellow, or other colors of fuzzy caterpillars are NOT the same type of woolly worm and are not used for weather forecasting. The Farmer's Almanac Knows - It Always KnowsĪccording to the Farmers Almanac website, folklore says that thin brown bands on the woolly worms mean a harsh winter is coming, wider brown-banded woolly worms mean a mild winter, nearly black woolly worms means a severe winter is coming, and finally, the very light brown or white woolly worms mean a snowy winter according to the folklore. The Woolly worms you see with that are plack and rust striped means a miler winter. Well, according to my grandma, the solid color Woolly worms, whether all black, blonde, or even white, means a harsh and severe winter.
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