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Mop Sculpin

Streamer · Trout · Smallmouth Bass · Intermediate · 3 versions

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Jig hook (Fulling Mill Jig Force Short), 8
  • Thread Olive 140 denier

Materials

  • Slotted tungsten bead (4.5mm) Olive drab (1)
  • Mop/jelly chenille (tail and body) Olive chenille (1 strand)
  • Ice dub (gills) Red ice dub (small clump)
  • Webby soft-hackle/bugger hackle feather (collar) Olive/natural partridge or fine rubber (1 feather)

How to tie it

  1. Slide the slotted tungsten bead onto the jig hook and lock it with a thread base, then build a slightly bumpy thread base for grip.
  2. Trim and singe one end of the mop chenille so it won't fray, then tie the mop in two hook-shank lengths back with four or five firm wraps, wiggling the thread through the fibers; add superglue.
  3. Wrap the same mop strand forward as the body up to behind the bead and tie it off, so tail and body are one piece.
  4. Tie in a healthy clump of red ice dub on the underside (the fly rides hook-point-up, so this becomes the throat/gills), fold it over, tie down, and taper it to a small red highlight.
  5. Prepare a webby soft-hackle feather, tie it in by the tip, and wrap it forward as a full collar, sweeping the fibers back with each turn.
  6. Tie off the hackle, trim the stem, build a small thread head, and whip finish.

Other versions

2 more in the app: Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 1, Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 2.

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