Created by Al Troth in the early 1960s for fishing the Madison for big brown trout, the Troth Bullhead is an effective bullhead or sculpin pattern tied heavily weighted and fished along the bottom anywhere these baitfish live.
Hook: #4-10 streamer
Weight: 0.020 wraps
Tail: Peacock herl over black marabou over white bucktail
Body: White yarn
Shellback: same herl and marabou
Head/Collar: Spun deer hair
This pattern can be found in: Dick Stewart's, "Flies for Bass and Panfish," 1992, amzn.to/3aGpFs1
** Some of the other popular books used on this channel: **
Dave Hughes, "Essential Trout Flies," 2017, amzn.to/3lbCZYX
Dave Hughes, "Wet Flies," 2015, amzn.to/33ac3lQ
John Shewey, "Classic Steelhead Flies," 2015, amzn.to/2RywHcP
David Klausmeyer's "Favorite Flies," 2020, amzn.to/3oeSNMa
Morgan Lyle's "Simple Flies," 2015, amzn.to/3qB1zW1
Fly Pattern Encyclopedia: amzn.to/34U0rUe
Mike Valla's "Tying the Founding Flies," 2015, amzn.to/354oSir
Mike Valla's "Classic Streamer Fly Box," 2020, amzn.to/3n3Vakf
Randle Scott Stetzer's "Flies, the Best One Thousand," 1992, amzn.to/34Q15mp
Terry Hellekson's "Popular Fly Patterns," 1976, amzn.to/2L4IyvS
Fly Pattern Encyclopedia: amzn.to/34U0rUe
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