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Bird's nests and hare's ears work as well as
anything in the right size.
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Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 9:01
PM
Subject: Scud patterns
I am interested in knowing what other scud
patterns are best producers for flyfishers in our group. I have always
tied and had the most success with Al Troth's scud pattern. I usually
tie it in olive and start with a heavily weighted underbody, a few hackle
barbs for a tail and antenae, scud-back or plastic for the shellback, fine
silver wire for the rib, and a whole lot of olive dubbing to cover up the lead
and give me enough to pick out a good bunch of legs. I find this simple
fly to be more time consuming, but it works well. However, I am looking
for a quicker version, one that still allows a heavy underbody, but
perhaps a wrapped body instead of dubbed, maybe with a few turns of hackle
clipped for legs????? Any suggestions? I've tried epoxy back scuds
and I don't think they are worth the effort and do not catch fish as well; but
they sure look cool. Jeff Hale
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