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Flyweight Scud

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Curved scud/emerger hook, 14-18
  • Thread Tan or olive 8/0

Materials

  • Body Tan/olive carapace (fine sparse scud dubbing)
  • Shellback Clear scud back thin skin (thin Scud Back or stretch film)
  • Rib Fine copper or mono (4-5 turns)

How to tie it

  1. Mount the curved hook and lay a thread base around the bend.
  2. Tie in a thin strip of clear Scud Back at the bend, pointing back, then bind in the rib.
  3. Dub a slim, tapered body forward to the eye, keeping it sparse and buggy; use half the dubbing you think.
  4. Pick out a few belly fibers to suggest legs.
  5. Pull the clear shellback over the top and bind at the eye.
  6. Counter-wrap the rib forward in 4-5 evenly spaced turns to segment and lock the shell, then tie off.
  7. Build a small head and whip finish.

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