Tully Report December

Fishing on the Tully the past few days has been pretty good, with the temps slowly dropping again I would suspect the top water action to slow up a bit. Over the past week I have been seeing midges all over, and fish up eating them with some consistency. Nymping has been the best, small black midges, caddis larva, and pheasant tails, are top producers.

Not heading north the past weekend, I decided to take the switch rod out and practice a bit. I had a couple new creations I wanted to test out as well, see if they looked as cool in the water as in my vise. Six nice rainbows later, I figured I had done something right. So naturally I had to head back out today to try again. Temps were a few degrees cooler, but I still managed a couple fish.

Featured Fly - Do It All Sculpin

Going back to the beginning of Keeping it Simple, here is an awesome sculpin pattern that is pretty quick to tie and works well for everything. I will be swinging these this weekend on the Salmon River, and the Pere Marquette in a couple weeks. Steelhead, Trout, and Bass all love sculpins, so thats how this pattern got its name. Tie a couple up, whether you are headed to Penn's Creek or the Salmon River these little guys should be in your box.

Materials

Tube: Pro Tube - Flexitube - Med

Thread: UNI Thread 6/0 - Brown

Tail: Rabbit Zonker - Olive 

Under Body: Ice Dub - Olive 

Throat: Ice Dub - UV Red 

Legs: Hareline Sili Legs

Collar: Guinea Feathers - Fl. Orange

Head: EP Tarantula Hairy Legs Brush 1" length 

Step 1: Slide on Drop Weight (optional), start your thread base at junction.

Step 2: Tie in the rabbit strip, adjusting to the length you want it to be.

Step 3: Dub the body, moving forward about a 1/2 inch. Slide drop weight to meet ice dub (optional)

Step 4:  Dub over drop weight.

Step 5: Center Tie in a clump of red ice dub for the throat.

Step 6: Bring the rabbit forward, tying it off right over the throat.

Step 7: Tie in 2 rubber legs, ends first, then a Guinea feather, tip first.

Step 8: Wrap the Guinea feather until you get to the marabou part of the feather.

Step 9: Tie in the EP Brush/

Step 10: Wrap the brush 2 or 3 times, picking it out each wrap. This will help make a larger, fuller head

Step 11: Whip Finish.

Step 12:  Cut the excess tube from the front and gently burn the tube.

Finished: