first attempt with fish skulls

[riffleriversteelheadslayer 0]

they still nose dive but its a weird motion hard to explain if you have ever seen a goby or sculpin approaching the cracks of rocks you know the motion I am talking about its like a flutter motion

[SCOwens 0]

Yes the material is fantastic just read in another thread someone complaining about price, I think it comes in larger packages than other material. I think for the price it is a GREAT deal I can tie 30 flies out of one package, I tied some bait/glass minnow patterns for some docklights for trout. I will post them and you can see, and I only used one clump and some other flash material can't think of what it is called

 

Thanks Dave, I actually adapted it from one of your flies with the palmered marabou. I was thinking of doing it all of palmered marabou like your soft hackle fly, but then figured I needed more substance to keep the bulk up so I did the tail out of 2 clumps of finn raccoon. I also left out the soft hackle because I figured it would just get covered by the fish skull. Thanks for the inspiration

 

SCOwens, that's what I thought it was. I love EP brushes for baitfish patterns, they are real fun and easy to work with. He certainly offers a variety of choices.

 

riffleriversteelheadslayer, I assume the sculpin heads don't nose dive because of their shape? Is there any side to side action as the fly falls?

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[SCOwens 0]

Welcome lanshan

[Mike1958 0]

Sculpin heads on small, medium or large articulated shanks offer endless possibilities. I've tied them with siwash hooks in tandem and as stingers, or a combo of siwash as the main hook and a small treble stinger. Lethal stuff!

[Coach Shep 0]

I have used them in several different sizes and i like them a lot. I saw a fly called the "candyman" produced by MFC, and I thought that I would take it a step further by adding in another shank and making it a three piece like the "Nut-Butter". The large Fishskull head is pretty heavy, but I can cast it on a 9 weight, but with a strong wind in my right ear, it gets a little dicey. The smaller sizes are comparable to medium lead dumbbells. I have used these for materials primarily for bass fishing flies, but I would not hesitate to cast them to a trout. The Sculpin Helmet fly is a salamander imitation used for bass as well.

[mainbutter 0]

I like 'em a lot, I'm a pretty big jig+plastic fisherman when I break out the spinning gear so the motion of a forward-weighted fly is very natural to me, and the sink rate is pretty gentle compared to jigs. Up and down motion catches a lot of fish.