Flashback scuds

[Seth]

Do you prefer to add flash to your scuds or just keep them as natural colored as possible?

[mizzouflyfisher]

Yes and no. I tie a few with flashback, but most of them I tie without. A lot of times I fish a scud with a midge that has flash on it, so I think both of my flies don't need flash. It also depends on the water. If you're fishing in low light, low water clarity or high water conditions, I'd go for the flash.

Mizzouflyfisher

[Terry Beeson]

Some scud dubbing I use will have a bit of "flashy" fibers in it, but other than that, I do not use any kind of flash.

[SilverMallard]

On bright sunny days, my first choice in a scud BY FAR is a holographic purple crystal dubbing called UV Ice Dubbing wrapped for segmentation and legs with a bleached ginger ostrich herl and trimmed across the back...sizes 14-18. This is a pattern I invented by combining the scuds two other good fly-fishing buddies of mine were having success with. And in those conditions, I experience about twice the success with that fly that I do with the ones tied like either of theirs. One of those rare examples of 2+2 actually adding up to 4 in fishing.