Chuck Stranahan’s Brown Sculpin

January 8, 2025 Published by

Chuck Stranahan’s Brown Sculpin

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Tied By Darrell Olson

Hook: Orvis 1526 3XL, 1XS, Size 6

Thread: 3/0 Brown

Materials-

weighted wire: 0.015 Lead-Free Wire

body: WAPSI Sparkle Yarn – Cream

underwing: Pearl Krystal Flash

overwing: WAPSI Rabbit Zonker Strips, Texas Cut, Natural Brown

gills: Fulling Mill Red SealX Dubbing

collar: Deer Hair Natural Brown

head: Deer Hair Natural Brown

Notes:

Sculpins are plentiful in rivers. Big fish eat little fish all the time. Fish sculpins long enough and hard enough and you’re bound to catch big trout using a sculpin fly pattern.