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Near Nuff Sculpin
How do you tie a Near Nuff Sculpin?
Near Nuff Sculpin is a streamer fly pattern for trout. Find its 6 materials and 17 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 3 of 5
- Target species
- trout
- Pattern designer
- Clark "Cheech" Pierce
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At the vise
Materials
- Hook: TMC 708 Keel Streamer Hook – 6
- Thread: Semperfli Classic Waxed Thread – 6/0 – Brown Olive
- Eyes: Double Pupil Lead Eyes – Small – Black w/ Yellow & Black
- Tail / Hackle: Whiting Bugger Hackle Patch – Grizzly Dyed Olive
- Body: SLF Dave Whitlock Dubbing – Near Nuff Sculpin Olive
- Flash: Krystal Flash – Olive
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Tying instructions
Secure the hook in the vise.
Start the thread behind the hook bend.
Tie in the dumbbell eyes on the corner of the hook shank.
Secure the eyes with figure-eight wraps.
Apply gel super glue to the thread wraps around the eyes.
Tie in two grizzly dyed olive bugger hackle feathers as the tail.
Tie in Krystal Flash on each side of the tail.
Dub the body with Near Nuff Sculpin Olive dubbing.
Create a dubbing loop.
Place the dubbing in the loop.
Twist the dubbing loop.
Wrap the dubbing loop around the hook shank to form the body.
Tie off the dubbing loop.
Trim the flash to the desired length.
Brush out the body with a comb and brush tool.
Mash down the barb.
Whip finish the fly.