Sucker Punch
The latest version of the Sucker Punch - The One True Carp Fly.
The new materials list is:
Rust thread.
Bead Chain Eyes – large (5/32″), black.
Centipede Legs – Montana Fly Company, Speckled Orange #801, size Mini #0.
Wapsi Life Cycle Peacock Dubbing, Crawdub Burnt Orange Dubbing.
Hot Orange Pheasant Rump.
Hooks are awfully personal, but, this one is tied on a #4 Mustad 3407 for bonefish*, skinny water reds, tailing black drum, and sheepshead. For carp I usually use a #6 Mustad 3366.
Other color combinations I’m fishing are a shrimp pink (Softshell Crawdub, natural pheasant rump, and Speckled Tan legs) and a Texas Hill Country olive (Pale Olive Crawdub, olive pheasant rump, and Speckled Olive legs).
* ah, there I done did it… yeah, ok, so I might fish for a “gamefish” now and then. But let’s be honest: bonefish were thought of as trash for years, redfish are considered “saltwater carp” by many and I still sort of think of black drum and sheepshead as alternate species… if such a thing exists.
These are sexy. It would be interesting to see the mid-2000s Punches, too, though, for noting contrast and fly development evolution.
Jeff… I have a large backlog of things I want to add to the blog, and a fly evolution is one of them. I once told a friend I could write a whole page on nothing but why each ingredient was in this fly, and he said “I’d love to see that.”
Of course I never got around to it! I plan to finally getting around to that kind of thing on here.
LHD:
Glad to see the new version, though I also love the old one. I’d be interested in having your describe why you made the changes you did from old to new.
Mick
How do you tie this particular fly? Novice carp hunter wants to know!