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Sculpinator

Streamer · Trout · Smallmouth Bass · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook streamer (Fulling Mill 2225 or 36040), 4
  • Thread olive 210 denier flat waxed nylon

Materials

  • Bandito Sculpin Head Olive grizzly micro legs silicone (1 (small))
  • Rabbit zonker strip Olive grizzly barred rabbit zonker strip (1 (tail))
  • Rabbit zonker strip Olive grizzly barred rabbit zonker strip (1 (body))
  • Krystal Flash Copper flashabou (4 strands (optional))

How to tie it

  1. Slide a Bandito Sculpin Head onto the hook and rest it at the eye; lock the hook in and lay a thread base to the bend.
  2. Tie in a barred olive rabbit strip at the bend for the tail, one-and-a-half shanks long, with a few flash strands each side.
  3. Tie in a second rabbit strip by its leather at the bend and palmer it forward to just short of where the head will sit, stroking the fur back each turn; tie off.
  4. Whip a short, smooth thread base and slide the sculpin head up tight against the body.
  5. Lock the head in place with thread wraps (and a drop of glue) behind and in front of it; whip finish and cement.

Tying videos

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