Scud Help

[Dezod 0]

I have a question that I was hoping some of you might be able to help me answer. I am tying up a group of scuds for a swap I joined. I joined primarily because I have never tied or fished a scud (fairly new to the sport), but I need to do both. I looked and looked, tried a bunch of patterns and finally combined a group of patterns into something that I think looks very "scuddy". My question has to do with coloration of the egg sack/bacteria/whatever it is in some scuds. I am tying up a bead body scud, but I want to use a glass colored bead in the middle. I tied one up with a red bead that looks really good, however, it is dark and before I send out a group of scuds for the swap I want to make sure that they are fishable. I have heard that pink and orange are good. Can I use red or do I need to change the color. The scuds are olive.

 

Thanks in advance

 

C

[riffleriversteelheadslayer 0]

red will be fine

[VERN-O 0]

another option is to use white thread on the shank and slide the bead over it, that will lighten the color.......but yes red or orange would work fine IMHO

[thym 0]

Hi, if I understand, you would like to tie a scud with parasite - scud with parasite is usualy lighter color with ORANGE spot in its body. Orange parasite changes metabolics in gammmaruses body, so the scud is loosing its "invisibily"===> natural atractor (parasite needs to be eaten by fish).

 

EDITED:

 

for pattern:

 

hook: Maruto C15 debarbed

body: light rabbit dubbing & orange syntetic dub.

ribbing: leather line (monofil) 0,14mm

back: flash flexibody strip

[Service Tech 0]

Do you happen to have the pattern for those and the hook type?