sculpin patterns

Anyone have any good sculpin patterns?

"Kevin" kmcdo wrote in message
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Anyone have any good sculpin patterns?

The original muddler minnow with its head trimmed to the proper shape is
probably as good as any.

Wolfgang

"Kevin" kmcdo wrote in message
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Anyone have any good sculpin patterns?

I can't attest to them personally, but Harry Murray recommends Whitlock's
Sculpin, the Spuddler, & Shenk's Black Sculpin for smallmouth.

Joe F.

"Kevin" kmcdo wrote in message
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Anyone have any good sculpin patterns?

Hi Kevin,

Many out there. Here is one I like.

I use wool for the head. (Dream catcher kind of stuff from a craft store .
.. .$10.00 or so will last you a long time.)
I dye it for the color I want. Tied in and then trimmed to shape.

Hook is anything you want to use. I do it from 2x long to 6x long.

Weight: sometimes I use lead, sometimes nothing.

Dubbing . . .whatever you want.

Matuka style . . . .the top is rabbit . . .great action in the water.

Rib is wire . . .silver, gold, copper, etc.

Front fins . . . hen . . .color of your choice. Tied in just behind the
head.

I guess it is basically a Woolhead Matuka Sculpin. Fairly durable. Suspect
there are more than a few recipes out there. (heh . . .heh . . .now you got
wool and some type of dubbing and rabbit in a projectile with a pointy part
.. . .and wet . . . and heavy)
Might want to adjust your casting stroke a bit.
BestWishes,
DaveMohnsen
Denver

Dave wrote:snipFront fins . . . hen . . .color of your choice. Tied in just
behind the
head.

Just for ****s and grins you might try a half dozen strands on each side from
an olive and black stripe spinner bait skirt as different kind of front fins .
They look pretty cool, and move in the water great.I place them just in front
of the first wads of wool and to the rear of the glued on eyes.

Big Dale

"Big Dale" wrote in message
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Dave wrote:snipFront fins . . . hen . . .color of your choice. Tied in
just
behind the
head.

Just for ****s and grins you might try a half dozen strands on each side
from
an olive and black stripe spinner bait skirt as different kind of front
fins .
They look pretty cool, and move in the water great.I place them just in
front
of the first wads of wool and to the rear of the glued on eyes.

Big Dale

Hi Big Dale,
Good points. I sometimes use rubber legs and/or eyes. Amazing how either,
or both can be such a "trigger" in certain conditions. Thanks for bringing
it up.
Dave

Kevin wrote:

Anyone have any good sculpin patterns?



Maybe Warren will give you his. Great looking pattern.

Willi

around here there is a johnny darter which is kind of a barred cream color that
is imitated best by 2 patterns:

first - a mini puff (bonefish pattern) in cream.

second - a local pattern using cream marabou tail, bushy dubbed hares mask,
spun deer hair head like a muddler, with dumbell eyes.

variations on the same are all good.

key is to fish it like a sculpin: long line downstream, plenty of weight,
settled to the bottom, with slow twitches in the shallows adjacent to a good
hole.

then hang on.

-- Rob

Dave Whitlock has a really good looking sculpin. But, he wants $30 plus
s/h. It only makes 6. Fly fishing magazine (march) has a nice looking
pattern. A nice fella at a local shop showed me how to tie one with rabbit
strips and marabou. I cant remember what he called it. The shop is called
T. Hargrove. They also have a web site. Anyone ever been there?
"rb608" wrote in message
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"Kevin" kmcdo wrote in message
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Anyone have any good sculpin patterns?

I can't attest to them personally, but Harry Murray recommends Whitlock's
Sculpin, the Spuddler, & Shenk's Black Sculpin for smallmouth.

Joe F.

Try an appropriately coloured and sized marabou muddler. If you want to get
fancy just add some pheasant tuffs right behind the ehad on either side.
Works for me.

Bob S


--
Bob Sheedy
www.mwflyfishing.net
Author: Lake Fly Fishing Strategies
Bob Sheedy's Top Fifty Stillwater Fly Patterns
"Kevin" kmcdo wrote in message
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Anyone have any good sculpin patterns?