Scraggly

[nfrechet]

Scraggly

Hook - Mustad 3906B or equivalent, size 12-18
Thread - Black
Palmer rib - Grizzly hackle palmered through body and trimmed for a stubby or scraggly effect
Body - Peacock herl
Legs - Light brown hen hackle wound as a wet fly collar

Basically, a Griffiths Gnat Soft Hackle Pattern

The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser

[letumgo]

Even your scraggly flies are impeccable.

Love this pattern. The spiky body hackle will give this fly a nice slow decent.

I’m also reminded of the classic woolly worm pattern.

[Ron Eagle Elk]

What Ray said. Great dressing.

[Mike62]

Scraggly? I think not. This is the pattern that the Bread Crust has always aspired to be; the Bread Crust grew up tattooed trailer trash, while Norm's Scraggly is kin to John Houseman and Hah-vahd.