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Pot Scrubber, a panfish fly:

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Went out Tuesday to work the kinks out of my single hand spey casting, and see if there were any Shad in the St Johns river yet. Didn't catch any Shad, but the Crappie and Sunfish were all over this pattern.

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The pattern gets its name from the material used for the body (Red Heart Sparkle Scrubbie,) which is a yarn made for making pot scrubbers. You can find it in the yarn area at Walmart.

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I tied some if these up last year for Shad, and they did work for the Shad, as well.

 

Since posting this, I have learned that the name "Pot Scrubber" is already in use. So I will change this pattern to Pot Scrubbie.

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That is a glass bead head, but I use nail polish to change the color when I run out of the color I want. The body material sometimes get caught in the nail polish.

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many variations of the "pot scrubber" fly

 

the "pot scrubber" nymph uses a strand from a kitchen copper scrubbing pad

 

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/features/oldflies/part241.php

 

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the "pot scrubber" salmon fly uses flat copper tinsel

 

http://flytyingnewandold.blogspot.com/2017/10/pot-scrubber.html

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My bad, will have to change the name. Can't access and change the Topic Title, but I made note of the existence of other patterns using this name.

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