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Sow Bug or Scud???
Is there a difference between a Sow bug and a Scud? Are they both the same? Looking in my dictionary under "scud" it does not even come close to a "bug" of any kind. Of course my dictionary is old, like me, and maybe it and I have been passed by. The reason I am asking is because if there is a difference between a Sow Bug and a Scud, I would be interested in any patterns someone may have and willing to share on Sow Bugs. If a Sow Bug and a Scud are one in the same, then I do not need any patterns.
Clear as mud, right?!...
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I'm just flapping my jaws here, because I didn't research it at all. I assumed "sow bugs" were those things that look like "wood lice" (what we used to call "roly poly's" when I was a kid), except they are aquatic. And I assume scuds are those little freshwater shrimp?
They don't look alike when you see them side-by-side, and the way they move in the water is completely different as well.
I used to set a minnow trap in a creek across street from my house when I lived in northern Illinois. I'd catch both of those critters in my trap, along with the usual assortment of minnows, crayfish, nymphs and frogs.
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Here's a link that shows pictures of both....plus a many other aquatic macroinvertebrates!
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...NA:en%26sa%3DX
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Warren...sow bug suggests a hellgramite to me...perhaps a small hellgramite pattern???
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A gray scud pattern will work just fine as a sow bug pattern...and vice versa...
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Thanks, everyone...I now know that they are not one of the same and I now have some patterns to experiment with at the fly tying table tonight. Been reading some history on my local 2 trout rivers and all articles mentioned that "sow bugs" have always been good flies to use. I will now find out.
You all are great and I do thank you...
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Just a hint for tying the sowbugs:
Squish 'em flat. Sowbugs have a flatter, broader back than scuds, so squish 'em! I recommend googling "jeremy hunt original sowbug"
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Warren are you going to the dark side? :rolleyes:
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Original Sow Bug
MisterPaul: Is there any tying sequence with photos for it? I found the recipe and I'd like to see how he ties it.
Thanks