In this video, Simon spills the beans and shares his most productive scud pattern to date. This pattern has changed over the years very minimally, small tweaks here and there has helped it become even better at attracting large trout. This is a great pattern for stillwater anglers targeting trout in lakes with high scud populations. Fishing it on an intermediate line and doing short erratic strips helps mimic natural scud behavior. Fish this fly near the weed beds where large fish cruise looking to pick off scuds that wander too far. For spring creeks tag it under an indicator and animate it with small strips near where you suspect a fish is holding. You a let it swing into that area too and do tiny strips as it swings. This animates the fly in a way that drives big trout nuts. Tie them in sizes 10-18 depending on how large your scuds are. In the video Simon is trying them in a 10, as the scuds in the creek he fishes are large.
Hook: Ahrex Superdry 524: Size 10-18
Thread: Semperfli Nano Silk: Brown
Body: UV2 Scud Dub: Olive & Fl Orange, Fluoro Fiber: Fl Orange, Hareline Scud Back 1/8: Tan, & Uni Extra Small Soft Wire: Silver
Resin: Solarez Medium
Nice pattern Simon! I can remember using a predominantly orange scud pattern on the Bighorn some years ago; big browns and ‘bows ate it like candy…