Beadhead scud

[Greg]

Beadhead Scud

Hook: any scud hook size 16 to 20

Body: ginger/tan sowscud dubbing (green or gray probably works too)

Ribbing: x-small copper, black, or gold wire

Head: tungsten bead 5/64 in black, gold or copper

Back: Ice blue pearl tinsel flashback

Instructions: Slide tungsten bead onto hook. tie in ribbing wire and tinsel back towards the back of the hook. Dub the sowscud dubbing onto the thread and wind toward the bead. Fold the tinsel over the dubbing tightly and tie down behind the bead. Wind the wire ribbing forward (2 or 3 wraps evenly spaced) and tie in behind the bead. Whip finish just behind the bead. Pick out "legs" on the underside of the fly and then trim the leg evenly.

In the past I never had much luck on scuds until I added a tungsten bead. I just thought I might share this pattern that I've been having really good luck with lately. I've been using mostly tan dubbing but I'm going to experiment with green and gray as well.

Sorry the pic isn't very good. My digital camera doesn't do closeups of small objects well.

Greg

[trout fanatic]

Green or gray does work and very well. Pink tho, is one of my hottest colors. I think its a vision/color spectrum thing more than a "matching the hatch" thing-but, for whatever reason pink works well for me.

[Greg]

I'll have to give pink a try. Thanks for the tip. I did try the green/olive color Sunday/yesterday and it worked very well.

Greg

[DeepDiver75]

Pink resembles the dead or dying scuds as opposed to the live ones. While most live scuds will appear a more olive or dark gray color the dead ones lose that tone and become a pinkish white color. Pink is a great color when the water is rising and washing dead scuds off the shore that got stranded when the water dropped. I usually will fish a more natural olive or gray if the water has been off for a while, but pink is always a good bet if there has been recent generation to trigger those fish into keying on the dead scuds.