Tom L Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 I've been goofing around the vise and came up with this pattern: 90 degrees jig hook, dumbbell eyes, rabbit strip body & tail, Krystal flash tail and underbody, craft fur belly, rubber legs, hackle collar, and craft fur head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike G Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike G Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Big Gulp Sculpin Uses a wool head. Is craft fur better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gillio Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 Looks good Tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannym Posted September 10, 2014 Report Share Posted September 10, 2014 That picture looks familiar. I think I have a few exactly like that in my smallie box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom L Posted September 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 Big Gulp Sculpin Uses a wool head. Is craft fur better? Tried wool head before. It makes the fly very heavy, once soaked. The upside is it sinks fast, but not very enjoyable to cast. Also, tried deer hair head before. The deer hair make the fly buoyant and sinks slow. Craft fur allows the fly to sink fast and it shreds water quickly. These are the few differences I had notice so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom L Posted September 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 That picture looks familiar. I think I have a few exactly like that in my smallie box. Manny, it looks very similar to the Morrish Sculpin which has a dumbbel eyes; a rabbit strip for body & tail and a another rabbit strip for bellly, and rabbit fur for head. There are subtle differences between the two though; such as rabbit fur head vs craft fur head, rabbit strip belly vs craft fur belly, rubber legs vs no rubber legs, hackle collar vs no collar. It also looks very similar to my Foxy Crawdad (one of the flies that I sent you). It is actually an off shoot of that fly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rich mc Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 very nice fly. I'll show you Saturday how a furled tail of romance yarn will make it lighter . it would replace the wabbit strip. rich mc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikea Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 It's the right color for sure, nice tie Tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene f collins Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 Tom great looking fly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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