I can’t find it on Google, Danica, or FAOL. Maybe I missed it. I would rather rely on the recipe to get it right than my memory. Its really the tail material I can’t remember. Help 
.
Robert B. McCorquodale
Sebring, FL
“Flip a fly”
[This message has been edited by dixieangler (edited 28 October 2005).]
Pull one out of your fly box and copy it,
or go to the “Master” copy you keep in the safe. You do keep a master copy in the safe?
What if your house burns down?
MW
That fly sounds excellent. I googled and all I could find is that it’s in Tom Wendelberg’s Book, Catching Big Fish on Light Fly Tackle. Page 154 of the paperback version.
Maybe you have the book and forgot?
Diane
[This message has been edited by Diane (edited 28 October 2005).]
MW,
None left in the flybox to copy or I would. Copy of a fly or pattern recipe in the safe? Surely you jest 
.
Diane,
I can only give what I remember but I’m not sure about the tail.
Hook: #10 or smaller scud hook
Thread: Tan 6/0
Tail and Antenna: Ginger hackle fibers? Can’t recall. That’s why I need the real recipe.
Rib: Small gold craft wire
Body and legs: Tan Hare’s Ear dubbing. Legs are picked out dubbing on bottom and trimmed even with hook point.
Shellback: Clear plastic bag or pearl mylar strip
Head: Thread
Robert B. McCorquodale
Sebring, FL
“Flip a fly”
[This message has been edited by dixieangler (edited 28 October 2005).]
Hey Robert,
How about a couple of different versions
from the bench of Al Campbell. [url=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw2/041502fotw.html:62855]http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw2/041502fotw.html[/url:62855]
[url=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/beginners/part11.html:62855]http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/beginners/part11.html[/url:62855]
Warm regards, Jim
Sorry Roger,
I just now keyed in on the word scud.G
Back to the drawing boards. Jim
dixie,
Jest or not, I bet you wish you had it in the safe now!
Good luck!
MW
Hey Robert,
Here is a beadhead pattern. Use dubbing
of choice. Jim [url=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw/1398fotw.html:988cd]http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw/1398fotw.html[/url:988cd]
MW,
You got that right 
.
Diane,
You know I believe you’re right. Might not have been on the web at all. I think it was in the Jack Ellis book Sunfishes. I’ll have to go check.
Thanks, Jim. But the pattern calls for Hare’s Ear dubbing and I think I’ll check the Sunfishes book.
Robert B. McCorquodale
Sebring, FL
“Flip a fly”
[This message has been edited by dixieangler (edited 28 October 2005).]
Hey Robert,
Another pattern to look at. [url=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/beginners/part10.html:e167e]http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/beginners/part10.html[/url:e167e]
A brief but informative read on scuds by LF.
[url=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/features/nqento/part23.html:e167e]http://www.flyanglersonline.com/features/nqento/part23.html[/url:e167e]
Neat scud pattern by Ron Lucas! [url=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw2/062402fotw.html:e167e]http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw2/062402fotw.html[/url:e167e]
Warm regards, Jim
[This message has been edited by Jim Hatch (edited 28 October 2005).]
Thanks for the help everybody. I didn’t dig the book out but I found two in another box. Looks like the tail is guard hairs . No antenna. Rib is 4 or 6 lb.test mono. These old ones don’t have eyes or a shellback.
Don’t see why ginger hackle fibers wouldn’t work for the tail though if no guard hairs are available. Maybe burnt mono eyes with a mono rib over the shellback.
Robert B. McCorquodale
Sebring, FL
“Flip a fly”
[This message has been edited by dixieangler (edited 28 October 2005).]
The FOTW Scud seems to follow the near same recipe as the Hare’s Ear Scud except the Hare’s Ear Scud uses tan Hare’s Ear dubbing and a tail or antenna depending on how you look at it. Since most shrimp swim backwards, I think its probably a good idea to view what would normally be the tail as an antenna and put any eyes on the hook shank just above the hook bend. The scud tail if desired would then be at the hook eye. To make any scud a flashback, I just put a pearl mylar shellback on for added flash instead of the clear plastic. I add weight (usually a bead-head) if needed.
The FOTW Scud uses gray rabbit dubbing. Good pattern. Thanks, Jeff. Gray, olive, white, and tan seem to be predominate scud colors. There are some Louisianans among others that say pink is a good color for their waters. Some advocate using orange for dead scuds since scuds are suppose to change colors to orange when they die. The site below seems to think so anyway with it’s orange Flashback Scud.
[url=http://www.charliesflybox.com/flybox/detail.cfm?parentID=58:291a0]http://www.charliesflybox.com/flybox/detail.cfm?parentID=58[/url:291a0]
Robert B. McCorquodale
Sebring, FL
“Flip a fly”