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Scud Beauty-Beadhead

Nymph · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook curved scud/pupa (e.g. TMC 2457), 12-18
  • Thread tan 8/0 (70 denier)

Materials

  • Gold bead Gold bead (1 (to fit hook))
  • Scud dubbing Tan/olive scud dubbing (small amount)
  • Antron Tan antron (short tuft (tail))
  • Scud back / thin skin Clear scud back thin skin (1 strip)
  • Wire Gold wire (fine, 1 length)

How to tie it

  1. Slide a gold bead to the eye, lock the hook in, and lay a thread base. Tie in the wire rib and a strip of clear scud back at the bend.
  2. Add a short pinch of Antron for a tail no longer than one hook gap.
  3. Dub a plump, humped body forward to the bead. Scuds are fattest in the middle, so build the belly out there.
  4. Pull the shellback tightly over the top and bind it down behind the bead.
  5. Counter-wrap the wire forward in 5-6 open turns to segment the body and lock the shellback; helicopter off the tag.
  6. Pick out the dubbing along the underside for legs, whip finish behind the bead, and cement.

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