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Decided to try out my new “sculpin wool” I bought in sewing craft store. This wool is used to make these or these. Costed me a buck for one big pack of wool. Started to tie like an ordinary streamer, then cut all off and tied with stringer hook.

Materials used:

• olive zonker strip
• olive chickabou feathers
• olive wool for back
• tan wool for belly
• main hook – cheap worm hook (with barbs on the shank), stinger – carp hook
• tungsten eyes

As I look to it now, it reminds me froggy rather than sculpin :/
I will name it – frolpin :]

Updated:
Last evening tied  sculpin that looks like sculpin (more or less)… Need to buy smaller eyes :]

scary ha? :]

All kind of leeches are very successful patterns for early spring trout fishing. Lamprey are migrating to their spawning grounds and are easy pray for hungry trout. Presentation should be slow and as near to bottom as can be. Sinking or sink tip lines are must. But first – we need to tie some flies.

Here is a try to make a simple one material streamer. So we will need mink fur strip (long enough to match real lamprey length), two hooks, some backing (braided line) and eyes (optional – dumbbell or beadchain). Front hook is kind of worm or similar to that – he has two barbs on the shank. It will help to fasten rear hook better.

tie in mink strip (somewhere in the middle)

palmer the rest of strip towards

tie in eyes

make dubbing loop, tie around the eyes

cut the front hook

attach rear hook (loop to loop technique) and that’s it

Recipe:

• Main hook: cheapest hook you can find. It will be cut anyway
• Trailer hook: any hook type you like. I prefer carp hooks
• Tail: mink fur strip
• Body: mink fur strip (cross cut)
• Eyes (optional): bead chain, dumbbell eyes, cone head, etc
• Other materials: piece of backing or monofilament line for mounting the trailer hook