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Old 02-18-2007, 11:51 AM   #14 (permalink)
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CST - We use just about any sculpin patterns we have on hand, our naturals are 1-4 inches long on average and dark brown in color. My personal favorites are the Whitlock Sculpins but they are real time consuming to tie, also just a good old fashioned weighted Muddler works fantastic. But honestly anything that runs deep and looks fishy will pass the bar no sweat. We also have a species of Blackfish (a kind of sculpin) up here that is found usually in the calmer waters that can get rather large. We tend to tie dark brown Wool Sculpins for them. Again though our fish are not picky about wet patterns matching the hatch...hell they love a pattern that looks like a bright purple leech puking up a salmon egg...not picky

Beresford - I don't us anything out of the ordinary for glues and head cements. Good old five minute epoxy for the scuds and shrimps and basic heavy duty head cement. However, I am also the guy that hates intricate flys that blow apart so I tend to use VERY thin super glue (used for making model airplanes and available through hobby/rc shops) with a fine applicator tip to apply a drop to each head before applying cement. The super thin instantly wicks into all the head wraps and locks it tight. It will turn white though if it gets wet so it still needs a coat of head cement to seal, but makes my favorite patterns bulletproof.
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