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Sculpin StreamerStreamerintermediate

Midwest & Driftless

Sculpin Streamer

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Available Sizes#4 - #8
Color Variations
Olive/BrownTanDark Sculpin

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Regional shopStrong match

Driftless Angler

Matched on Midwest & Driftless, streamer flies, trout. Driftless-specific trout source for spring creek nymphs, dries, and local bug windows.

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Broad sourceStrong match

Fulling Mill Flies

Matched on streamer flies, trout, streamer. Large pattern house with broad freshwater and saltwater fly categories.

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Big Y Fly Co.

Matched on streamer flies, trout, streamer. Broad by-type catalog useful for common benchmark patterns and inexpensive backups.

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Murray's Fly Shop

Matched on streamer flies, trout, streamer. Appalachian trout and smallmouth source with long-running regional fly catalog depth.

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AZ Fly Shop

Matched on streamer flies, trout, trout. Arizona and Southwest shop lead for desert trout, bass, canal carp, and warmwater patterns.

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Sculpins are the trout's steak dinner -- fat, slow, and hiding under every rock in the river. This deer-hair-headed pattern dives to the bottom and darts between cobble like the real thing, which is to say, awkwardly and without grace. Big brown trout eat sculpins with a territorial aggression that suggests the sculpin personally offended them. Tie it on when you are done catching twelve-inch trout and ready to have your heart broken or your leader snapped by something much larger.

Quick Facts

TypeStreamer
Difficultyintermediate
SeasonsSpring, Summer, Fall
Target SpeciesBrown Trout, Rainbow Trout
Sizes#4 - #8
Best LocationsNorth Fork White River, AR; Current River, MO; Eleven Point River, MO

Where to Fish It

North Fork White River

AR · Ozark River

Current River

MO · Ozark River

Eleven Point River

MO · Ozark River

Map unavailable. Locations for Sculpin Streamer: North Fork White River, AR; Current River, MO; Eleven Point River, MO

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The Bronze Back: Smallmouth Bass on the Fly

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