Chances are, if you have been fly fishing for some time, you have fished a sculpin pattern. Sculpins are a common and clumsy fish that uses their front fins to propel them very quickly for short distances.

Sculpin patterns often look just like goby patterns and in some ways they should. They inhabit many of the same rivers and they have a very similar shape. From a fishing perspective they are different, and more information on this can be found here.

Many sculpin patterns are successful because the front of the pattern is more buoyant. Sculpins propel themselves with their front fins and so the front of their bodies rises off the bottom first.

Here is the pattern sheet for a new sculpin pattern, called the M. Creek Hammer. Other sculpin patterns available are Emulator, Aquatic Nuisance, and Psycho Sculpin. Each of these patterns has its place in our box.

For full resolution photos of live sculpins at our photo site, click here.For next page of fly patterns, which is about round gobies, click here.

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