QuickreleaseEN
Steelhead
20lb mono or intruder wire
December tying contest and November's winner is:
- Thread starter Billy
- Start date
That is a sick looking tie
Thanks
QuickreleaseEN
Steelhead
This one has been a low water favorite since 2018. Fast shallow water is its happy place (also happens to be habitat preferred by sculpins) and often gets overlooked in favor of the more defined river structure.
SpeyrodGB
Steelhead
Thank you.
SpeyrodGB
Steelhead
That is sweet.
My present go to version of a trout oriented sculpin. Sparse as possible, slotted tungsten bead prop for front station. Angora, Finn coon, Fox, and Hackle + a touch of predator wrap.
This one has been swung and eaten, the bottom side hackle fibers have rubbed off on the bead.
This one has been swung and eaten, the bottom side hackle fibers have rubbed off on the bead.
Same platform, no weight, ostrich instead of hackle over the hair wing.
G_Smolt
Legend
Another one of my patterns - the HayMaker sculpin.
Furled schlappen tail (the "HayMaker" in the name), zonker strip fins, and a fat-ass wool head.
Typically, the smaller members of the cottid family dart with their pectoral fins collapsed, then flare them when the caudal stops moving - the zonker strip fins on this pattern stay close to the body while the fly is swimming, but when you slack the line (like all good sculpin fishermen do...or have I said too much?), the fins "pop" out away from the body, propped up by a cactus chenille collar. The big-ass wool head definitely holds (and pushes) a LOT of water, so they're not super-fun to singlehand, but I initially designed them to be fished off the end of a twohand spraypole on the pulsed swing, and that's where they shine. Good wherever trout (both salty and not-so-salty versions) are found.
The basic Black killer.
In Olive with barred tan fins, on its side on a pin to show off the articulated body and overall profile takeaway of fat-ass head and skinny body.
In "DisneyPuke", an especially savage color combination for large seagoing rainbow trout on blue-sky days.
Peace, y'all.
Furled schlappen tail (the "HayMaker" in the name), zonker strip fins, and a fat-ass wool head.
Typically, the smaller members of the cottid family dart with their pectoral fins collapsed, then flare them when the caudal stops moving - the zonker strip fins on this pattern stay close to the body while the fly is swimming, but when you slack the line (like all good sculpin fishermen do...or have I said too much?), the fins "pop" out away from the body, propped up by a cactus chenille collar. The big-ass wool head definitely holds (and pushes) a LOT of water, so they're not super-fun to singlehand, but I initially designed them to be fished off the end of a twohand spraypole on the pulsed swing, and that's where they shine. Good wherever trout (both salty and not-so-salty versions) are found.
The basic Black killer.
In Olive with barred tan fins, on its side on a pin to show off the articulated body and overall profile takeaway of fat-ass head and skinny body.
In "DisneyPuke", an especially savage color combination for large seagoing rainbow trout on blue-sky days.
Peace, y'all.
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"Friendly, yet duplicitous."Adorable??? Well now Sharky will never win!
Very nice Billy.I've been on a Zoo Cougar kick: View attachment 45274View attachment 45272And something for smallmouth on windy daysView attachment 45273
Islander
Life of the Party
That’s because you aren’t supposed to fish them under a bobber. You’re supposed to make them swim like a fish.
The pine squirrel bugger makes a good sculpin imitation when there is contrasting tailing and body materials.
Hook: Firehole 839 #2
Tail: contrasting colors of Finn Raccoon with flash
Rear body: EP Tarantuala 1/2” Woolly Critter brush
Front Body: zonked pine squirrel
Hook: Firehole 839 #2
Tail: contrasting colors of Finn Raccoon with flash
Rear body: EP Tarantuala 1/2” Woolly Critter brush
Front Body: zonked pine squirrel
gross....
