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Wooly Sculpin
How do you tie a Wooly Sculpin?
Wooly Sculpin is a streamer fly pattern for trout. Find its 6 materials and 15 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 3 of 5
- Target species
- trout
- Pattern designer
- Kelly Galloup
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At the vise
Materials
- TMC 5263
- Thread (140 Denier), Olive
- Olive Marabou
- Schlappen, Olive
- Cactus Chenille, Olive
- Natural Deer Hair
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Tying instructions
Place the hook in the vise.
Start the thread behind the eye and wrap to the bend.
Tie in marabou for the tail, extending one shank length beyond the bend.
Tie in cactus chenille at the bend.
Wrap the cactus chenille forward to create the underbody, stopping behind the eye.
Tie off the cactus chenille and trim the excess.
Tie in schlappen at the tie-in point of the cactus chenille.
Wrap the schlappen forward to create the body, stopping behind the eye.
Tie off the schlappen and trim the excess.
Stack deer hair, clip off bottoms flush after stacking to half hook shank length for collar.
Tie it in behind the eye as a collar (only top of the hook).
Get another slightly larger clump of deer hair and spin in front of collar to create head.
Trim the deer hair head to shape it.
Whip finish to secure the thread and trim.
Use a razor blade to trim the head to the desired shape. Flat bottom, cone head.