Dave's NearNuff Sculpin School w/ Allen Rupp

The biggest Trout in the South Holston and Watauga didn't get big eating dry flies. They got big hunting on the river bottom, ambushing Sculpin, Darters, Stonerollers, and Hogsuckers along the rocks and grass where these baits live. If you want a shot at these fish, you need a fly that fishes down where they feed. The NearNuff Sculpin is Dave Whitlock's answer to the question every serious angler eventually asks: what are the big ones eating? It has fooled Trout, Bass, Walleye, Pike, Permit, and Bonefish. Trout and Smallmouth Bass hunt the same way on the bottom, which makes it a deadly crossover fly to have in your box. In fact, my largest Driftless Area Brown Trout ate this fly. In this hands-on class Allen will teach you how Dave wanted this fly tied, not some watered-down version that falls apart after three fish. He will also teach you how to fish this pattern with a floating line, a sink-tip line, and a full-sinking line. You'll be able to take this pattern and catch fish in shallow riffles, deep swift runs, and grassy flats. How much more versatile can one fly be? Every tyer takes home a bottle of Zap-A-Gap, a one-year Trout Unlimited membership or a one-year extension, and a NearNuff Sculpin tied by Allen to Dave's exacting standards, so you have a showpiece example to replicate at your own bench. That's more than $50 in value on top of two hours of instruction. Twelve seats, and this one goes fast.