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Flashback Scud

Nymph · Trout · Grayling · Intermediate · 1 version

Classic Recipe

  • Hook curved scud/pupa hook (TMC 2457), 10-18
  • Thread olive 8/0 8/0 (70 denier)

Materials

  • Weight .010 lead-free wire (6-8 turns)
  • Tail/Antennae Natural partridge fibers (few fibers)
  • Rib 3X-4X mono or fine wire (6 in)
  • Body Olive/gray scud dubbing (Sow-Scud or Antron blend) (pinch)
  • Shellback/Flashback Pearl scud back or Mylar over clear scud back (1 strip)

How to tie it

  1. Wrap 6-8 turns of lead-free wire at mid-shank for a little weight and to give the scud its humped profile.
  2. At the bend tie in a few partridge fibers as a short tail, a strip of pearl/clear scud back, and the mono rib.
  3. Dub a fat, rough body forward to the eye, picking out the underside to suggest legs.
  4. Pull the pearl scud back (or clear back with pearl tinsel beneath) over the top and tie it down at the eye to form a shiny flashback shell.
  5. Counter-wrap the mono rib forward in 4-5 evenly spaced turns to segment the shell and lock it down. The flash imitates the gas/air sheen of a swimming scud.
  6. Whip finish and pick out the belly dubbing for legs.

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