Mottled Sculpin

Is the blanket material tied to the back of the hook shank or is the hook passed through the material?..Nate

Flame taper the end of the yarn, attach tail, then tie blanket yarn to hook shank Nate. The whole body is a single piece of blanket yarn, after attaching the extended portion, just wrap up the hook shank with the same piece of yarn. Start with 6-8” of yarn, taper in flame, add tail material, attach to hook shank, then wrap excess forward. This Blanket Yarn is like a piece of “extra fluffy” chenille. There is a twisted strand of nylon thread holding the fluff together just as in a length of chenille where the nylon thread holds the “fuzz”. There is really no way you could get a “bite” if passing a hook through the yarn. Hope this helps and isn’t over-explained.

Yep..it sure helped Bill..Is this the same yarn as your eel?..Nate

Yes, it’s the same Nate. Two different makers, one calls it Blanket Yarn, the other Sweet Puff Yarn. Same stuff though.

I bought some to tie you eel..now I have a second pattern for it too...Nate

Can’t wait to see your improvements to this one.

Looks great bill

@Clemens Thanks Boston, great little sculpin pattern fished slow with short hops along the bottom. Hope you will give it a try.

What size hook?

@Clemens it’s a 1/0 Mustad 32746.