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All Season Scud

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

• Hook Curved scud/emerger hook, 12-18
• Thread Gray 8/0 (70 denier)

Materials

• Underbody weight Lead-free wire (few wraps, optional)
• Body Gray/olive scud dubbing (plump, tapered)
• Shellback Clear scud back / plastic strip (one strip)
• Rib Fine copper wire (5-6 turns)

How to tie it

1. Mount a curved scud hook and start thread; optionally add a few wraps of lead-free wire under the thorax.
2. At the bend, tie in a strip of clear scud back and a length of fine copper wire.
3. Dub a plump, tapered body forward to the eye, following the curve of the hook.
4. Pull the shellback over the top and hold it at the eye.
5. Counter-wrap the wire forward in 5-6 turns to segment the body and bind the shellback, then helicopter off.
6. Whip finish, then pick out dubbing along the belly for legs.

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