'scuds'

[neil26]

i recently bought a book- essential flies for trout- thinking it would lead me to some essential flies to try but i have not seen much talk about 'scud' patterns and was wondering if these are an american thing?
theres little talk of common uk flies - diawl bach buzzers and the like.

so question is - are scud patterns worth the tying?

[ACW]

Originally Posted by neil26

i recently bought a book- essential flies for trout- thinking it would lead me to some essential flies to try but i have not seen much talk about 'scud' patterns and was wondering if these are an american thing?
theres little talk of common uk flies - diawl bach buzzers and the like.

so question is - are scud patterns worth the tying?

Scud I beleive are simply the way those ex colonial rebellious folks who gave up being british refer to our freshwater shrimp.
Yes their scud patterns work for our trout .
As too buzzers,IMHO the UK stillwater anglers are 15-20 years ahead of the states for chironomid patterns,though some of their adault patterns are good !
Re books ,are you river or still water orientated,would help us recomend better patern books ,or web sites!

[neil26]

thanks for advice,
i am quite new to this and try to get out on river, small and large stillwater, currently favouring boat loch fishing or river