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Bunny Bullet Sculpin
How do you tie a Bunny Bullet Sculpin?
Bunny Bullet Sculpin is a streamer fly pattern for trout, bass. Find its 10 materials and 18 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 4 of 5
- Target species
- trout, bass
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At the vise
Materials
- Daiichi 2461, #4
- Tungsten Bead, 4.6mm
- Lead Wire, .025"
- Thread (8/0), Black
- Olive Dubbing (body)
- 5X Tippet
- Krystal Flash, Black
- Olive Rabbit Strip
- Black Dubbing (head)
- Natural Coastal Deer Hair
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Tying instructions
Slide bead onto hook shank.
Secure hook in vise and start thread behind the bead.
Wrap thread back to the bend.
Wrap .025" lead wire over the back half of the shank, about 10 wraps.
Secure lead wire with thread wraps and trim excess.
Tie in 5x nylon tippet for ribbing.
Dub dubbing onto the thread and wrap a tapered body from the bend to just behind the bead.
Counter rib the body with the 5x tippet, tie off and trim.
Tie in black Krystal Flash on top of the hook shank, tie off and trim.
Tie in Olive Magnum Rabbit Strip (trimmed to a triangle tip) as a tail, tie off and trim.
Dub red harelined dubbing onto the thread and wrap a small collar for gills behind the bead.
Whip finish behind the bead and trim the thread.
Add a drop of super glue to the whip finish.
Tie in a clump of olive deer hair (cleaned and stacked) behind the bead.
Make several tight wraps to flare the deer hair.
Repeat the previous two steps with a second clump of deer hair.
Trim the deer hair to shape the head.
Comb out the deer hair to complete the head.