Hook Size: 6
The Perfect Fly White Belly Sculpin trout flies are imitations of a sculpin
fish. Sculpins are bottom dwelling species of small fish that look much like the
bottom substrate of most trout streams. They can hide from the trout not only by
getting down between rocks and other object on the bottom of a stream, the
natural camouflage colors also hide them well. Sculpin are in the Cottidae family
of fish. There are several species withi
The “Perfect Fly “ White Belly Sculpin is a modification of the Brown Sculpin. The
color of the eyes is the only difference. The White Belly Sculpin has white eyes rather
than the red eyes of the Brown Sculpin. The difference is more of an angler’s
preference than an actual difference. Some guys just don’t like the red eyes of the
Brown Sculpin.
You should note that when the water is high and stained, a lot of food for the
minnows, baitfish and other marine items fish feed on, washes into the stream. This
attracts the minnows and baitfish, such as sculpin, and the baitfish and sculpin
attract the trout. This is a great time to fish the White or Brown Sculpin.
Red eyes just about disappear from the trout’s perspective. If the fish is several feet
from the fly, the red color of the eyes is a shade of gray. They become red to the
trout at close distances. The white eyes don’t, and continue to appear white to the
trout.
It should be fished exactly like the Brown Sculpin. Keep it right on or just an inch or
two above the bottom by adding the necessary amount of weight four or five inches
above the fly. I may also suggest you first try the water very near the banks in high
water situations. That is where the food washes in and that is where the baitfish,
including the sculpin, go to feed.n the family but the most important to trout
anglers is the Mottled Sculpin.
