03-04-2012, 05:51 PM
I actually learned about the sculpin heads from your post a while back when we were talking about bass flies. I did make it articulate using those Fish Skulls shanks. I'm hoping that the bright colors will be good with the murkier water that will likely be coming soon. If not, maybe spawning fish will take a whack at it, and smallmouth are especially fond of bright colors in the spring. I want to throw it on the Oneida Narrows since there are big trout, smallmouth and walleye all together there. I like not knowing what's at the end of my line. I like the two toned and barred strips, I think I'm going to see if I can find some in more drab colors too. I also made some sculpin up that are non articulated, and I tried my hand at an articulated popper for bass and pike. [inline "bass et pike flies small.JPG"]
Coyote, I used a Fish Skulls Sculpin Head and one of their articulated shanks to make it. The head is quite heavy and it's made to scoot around the bottom like a natural sculpin. I have a few places around the valley that I'm thinking of throwing it. Beads and the like are definitely important for fly tying. Especially if you start fly fishing the rivers, tungsten bead head nymphs are my bread and butter. They get down fast and deep where the fish are.
And yungun, the materials are a bit more expensive, and all this Fish Skulls stuff is especially so. I've been recommending it to all the guys who like expensive Japanese lures, but ebay is a great place for fishing gear, tying materials included.
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Coyote, I used a Fish Skulls Sculpin Head and one of their articulated shanks to make it. The head is quite heavy and it's made to scoot around the bottom like a natural sculpin. I have a few places around the valley that I'm thinking of throwing it. Beads and the like are definitely important for fly tying. Especially if you start fly fishing the rivers, tungsten bead head nymphs are my bread and butter. They get down fast and deep where the fish are.
And yungun, the materials are a bit more expensive, and all this Fish Skulls stuff is especially so. I've been recommending it to all the guys who like expensive Japanese lures, but ebay is a great place for fishing gear, tying materials included.
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