Sculp Snack
Sculp Snack
This George Daniel streamer fly pattern is a modern variation of the Woolly Bugger designed to imitate a sculpin.  Designed with a slim profile it casts easily, and the rubber legs and marabou provide plenty of motion. The conehead provides a jigging action to the fly when it is retrieved with a start/stop action. Combine this lifelike action with the shimmer of UV chenille and this pattern really attracts a fish’s attention.  Used to catch trophy trout wherever they live, this fly has produced well in the rivers of Canada and the United States as well as Patagonia.

Effective color variations of this fly to include brown, olive, yellow, black and white.

Materials
Hook: TMC 9395, size 8
Thread: UTC 140 olive
Weight: Conehead 7/32 gold (optional .020 lead wire)
Tail: Dark brown marabou over rootbeer marabou
Flash: Gold flashabou
Body: Olive brown UV polar chenille
Legs: Olive Sili legs barred yellow/gold-blk
Collar: Olive brown ice dub

Tying Instructions
Step 1. Pinch down the barb and slide the conehead onto the hook.
Step 2. Insert the hook in the vise. Attach the thread behind the conehead and wrap back to the hook bend, laying down a solid thread base. Return thread behind the conehead.
Step 3. Select a dark brown and rootbear marabou feather.  Tie in the rootbear marabou behind the conehead and wrap thread back to the hook bend binding the feather to the top of the hook shank. Make sure the end of the tail only extends one shank length past the hook bend.
Step 4. Return thread behind the conehead. Tie in the dark brown marabou behind the conehead and on top of the rootbear marabou, matching the length. Wrap thread back to the hook bend binding the feather to the top of the hook shank.
Step 5.Return thread behind the conehead. Select three pieces of gold flashabou, cut in half and then bind down on both sides of the hook shank so that three strands extend along either side of the tail. Trim flashabou so that it is 1/8” longer than the marabou tail.
Step 6. Return thread behind the conehead. Tie in a 2 1/2” long piece of olive brown UV polar chenille and wrap thread back to the base of the tail, binding down the UV chenille.
Step 7. Return wrap the thread to the tie in point behind the conehead. Palmer wrap the UV polar chenille up the hook shank in open spirals and tie off behind the conehead. With your scissors, carefully trim the UV chenille fiber so that they extend out from the body approximately a hook gaps length.
Step 8. Select one strand of sili legs from the bunch and then fold it over and cut in half. Double both strands of sili legs over the thread and tie in behind the conehead so that two strands of leg material extend down either side of the fly. Trim sili legs so they are even with the hook bend.
Step 9. Spin a pinch of Ice Dub onto the thread and proceed to build up a dubbed collar.  Make sure to pack the dubbing into the conehead as best you can. Create a dubbing collar even with the edge of the conehead.
Step 10. Apply a drop of Zap-a-Gap to your thread and whip finish behind the conehead.

Your Sculp Snack is now complete and you are ready to head out On The Water!

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