Tie a muddler
These step-by-step pictures show you how to tie a nice muddler
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 I was tying... Henning Eskol |
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The pictures actually came out so good that we decided to boil them down to a small article on tying a muddler. The process is not that difficult to do, but actually pretty difficult to describe in words. Pictures do a much better job.
This is just a generic muddler, but I will list the pattern in the end of this article anyway.
A notice on the deer hair, though: get good hair - the best you can find, and ask for hair for muddlers or deer hair bugs. Make sure it has as little underfur as possible, and get some natural (undyed) first. Dyed hair can be fine, but chances are the dying process has ruined its ability to flare and spin. Some dyed hair is great. Some is useless for this purpose.
And now: the picture sequence.
About Happy Muddler
| Type | Wet fly |
| Originator | Martin Joergensen |
| Year of origin | 2007 |
| Difficulty | A little difficult |
| Target species | Bonefish Brown trout Largemouth bass Perch Sea trout (sea run) Smallmouth bass |
Materials
| Hook | Kamasan B175, #4 |
| Thread | Brown 6/0 |
| Tail | Silver fox |
| Body | Silver fox underfur |
| Wing | Silver fox and a little golden flash |
| Head/collar | Natural deer hair |
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Submitted August 15th 2009
Dale,
Most muddlers are excellent sculpin imitations, and this one will be fine for your purpose. But you might also consider a more elongated and maybe weighted pattern such as the FMJNM, the Zuddler or a tube tied muddler or a pattern such as The Bow River Bugger. Another option is a large zonker streamer, which is a bit easier to tie.
Martin