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Conehead Wool Sculpin

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Note: This recipe has not been verified against a documented source, or disagrees with one. Treat the materials and steps as unconfirmed.

Josh Varner dressing

  • Hook MFC 7008, 4

Materials

  • Tail Tan/Brown over Cream Marabou
  • Flash 4-6 Strands Gold Holographic Flashabou
  • Body Cream Sparkle Chenille
  • Rib Small Copper Wire
  • Hackle Tan Grizzly Variant Schlappen
  • Collar/Head Natural deer body hair
  • Cone Medium Gold Brass Cone

How to tie it

  1. Slide the cone to the eye and mount the hook. Start thread and run it to the bend.
  2. Tie in an olive/tan marabou tail one shank length long for a broad, mobile tail.
  3. Bind in the hackle by the tip, wrap a dubbed or chenille body forward two-thirds of the shank, then palmer the hackle over it and tie off.
  4. Tie a mottled hen feather flat to each side as splayed pectoral fins.
  5. Spin clumps of olive and tan wool on the front third and pack them tight behind the cone.
  6. Trim the wool head flat and wide, broad on top and flat underneath, into a sculpin shape.
  7. Whip finish behind the cone and cement.

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