Note: A scud is a scud is a scud. This one employs a wire dubbing brush, as an easy way to make a body that can be picked out to provide legs and that has the weight already built in. As I’ve argued elsewhere, most scuds are quite translucent, so I want colourless, transparent dubbing for making scud bodies. The legs are actually tied in first, by wrapping two turns of a soft hackle feather in the bend of the hook. Tie the feather in with the concave side towards the shank, so that the hackled fibers will point backwards. I make the dubbing brushes myself, on either a small dubbing brush block (from Siman) or a large dubbing brush machine (Twister). This way, you get to choose the wire type and weight, and the dubbing type, as well as the tightness of the dubbing. After finishing the fly, pick out the dubbing to create legs. The copper wire shining through adds a nice touch, and obviates the need for a rib.
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