In this how to Fly Tying Tutorial we look at how to tie the OK Sculpin Pattern. This is a rattle keeled bulltrout streamer pattern but it will work for many fish species and can be tweaked for many different prey species.
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Recipe:
Hook: Any wide-gap streamer hook, gauge to match target species.
Suggestions, but not rule: Gamakatsu B10S, or Mustad C52S BLN
Thread: 140D or 6/0 (UTC, Veevus, Uni); Colour of choice
Eyes: Mono Nymph eyes, colour/size of choice. Green and/or black pretty standard.
Beads: Glass and Brass, colour/size to match pattern.
Red is pretty standard for the glass as it looks like gills/blood.
Silver/copper is standard to give natural flash, but bright colours shouldn't be ignored.
Tail #1: Flashabou. Colour is optional, but silver, gold, or copper would be good for most patterns. Maybe chartreuse for perch patterns and similar. I have tried with other flash materials, and I found Flashabou to still give the most movement when cut short.
Tail #2: Barred Marabou/Chickabou, but standard marabou works great as well. Colour of choice.
Body #1: Yellow Chenille, size Medium is good for around a #2 hook. Colour optional.
Body #2: Medium Palmer Chenille. Pearl is a good all-round, but colours are optional.
Collar: Spun rabbit brush. Brown, tan, Golden Olive, etc. are good sculpin imitations. If imitating perch, you could go with green, olive, yellow, or orange. Just match to species imitated.
Wing: Straight-cut rabbit. You will generally want this to be a darker colour than the body colours.
Keel: 30lb Mono (Maxima, Mason Hard, ProSpec, Ande, etc.). Just good ol' 30lb mono.
The Original Recipe:
Hook: Wide Gap Streamer
Thread: 140D or 6/0 Tan or olive
Eyes: Large mono nymph; black
Beads: Red Glass, Gold Brass
Keel: 30lb Maxima
Tail #1: Gold, silver, or copper Flashabou. Doesn't matter
Tail #2: Tan/Sand barred marabou
Body #1: Yellow Chenille
Body #2: Medium pearl Palmer Chenille
Collar: Tan/Brown rabbit; spun in dubbing loop, brushed out
Wing: Olive or brown straight-cut rabbit
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