Favorite Scud Pattern?

George Cleveland wrote: "Padishar Creel" wrote:


Mind sharing your favorite scud pattern for slow moving shallow river 4'-9'
use?

No secret here. Olive or gray Hare's Ear Plus (Antron/Hare's Ear)
wrapped over a #12-#16 scud or wet fly hook. A few wraps of lead wire
for weight under that and a shellback of poly bag material ribbed with
either extra fine copper wire or brown tying thread pulled over the
top. I also tie a pink version with ribbing of flourescent pink tying
thread. I use a piece of velcro to fuzz up the body.

Chris, that pattern is pretty much all I use on the Crooked, which as
you probably know is a big scud factory. Orange is a good color too.

This is the look:

http://www.danica.com/flytier/tmodic/scud.htm

You'll see some patterns with little tails and antennae, like here

http://www.westfly.com/patterns/wet/scud.shtml

but I've never found that these make the pattern more effective.

BTW, don't waste any money on the shellback materials you see in fly
shops; little strips cut from plastic sandwich bags work just fine.

JR

JR wrote:

BTW, don't waste any money on the shellback materials you see in fly
shops; little strips cut from plastic sandwich bags work just fine.

JR

The shellback material you get from flyshops is nicer to work with than
plastic sandwich bags as it is elastic and can be stretched to give a
more arthropodous or chitinous segmented look. However, you can buy it a
fabric shops for considerably less.

Tim Lysyk

Tim Lysyk wrote:
JR wrote:
BTW, don't waste any money on the shellback materials you see in fly
shops; little strips cut from plastic sandwich bags work just fine.

The shellback material you get from flyshops is nicer to work with than
plastic sandwich bags as it is elastic and can be stretched to give a
more arthropodous or chitinous segmented look.

Well, yeah, if I want to strive for effects I can't spell or pronounce.

More to the point, I haven't found that a more arthritic and cretinous
look catches more fish.....

JR

On Sun, 30 Jan 2005, Padishar Creel wrote:

Mind sharing your favorite scud pattern for slow moving shallow river 4'-9'
use?

I haven't fished enough scuds to know but my favorite is the Oliver
Edwards' version found in his book Fly Tyers Master Class.

Mu

"Padishar Creel" wrote in
:

Mind sharing your favorite scud pattern for slow moving shallow river
4'-9' use?

I have my books, but I suspect there is a 'special' guide pattern out
there that is a killer color, material, or colored bead or something
spectacular?

Thanks in advance, Chris



Caledonia scud. Search at www.theflybench.org

Scott

"Scott Seidman" wrote in message
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Caledonia scud. Search at www.theflybench.org
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Thanks Scott for the hint. Actually its www.theflybench.com and your fly,
which I love by the way is

http://tinyurl.com/6dwtl

Chris

Hey Mu,

if you wouldn't mind....e-mail me

remove invalid....

john
"Mu Young Lee" wrote in message
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On Sun, 30 Jan 2005, Padishar Creel wrote:

Mind sharing your favorite scud pattern for slow moving shallow river
4'-9'
use?

I haven't fished enough scuds to know but my favorite is the Oliver
Edwards' version found in his book Fly Tyers Master Class.

Mu