Bass Bug Legs

[BigFlatBrook]

When tying deer hair bass bugs, I've been tying in the legs with some figure 8 wraps, and then continuing to spin deer hair.

One alternative is to use a Dave Whitlock type tool to pull the legs through after all the Deer hair has been spun. This sounds ok to me except that I wonder whether you need to use some kind of adhesive to hold the legs in place -- something more then just the tension of the packed hair.

I know bugs are probably just as effective without rubber legs, but I'd like to tie them with legs anyway.

So -- will the tension of the packed hair be enough to hold the rubber legs in place or do you need to do something else?

Thanks!

[RG/AR]

The compressed deer hair holds legs nicely. No need to do anythinig else.

[Buddy Sanders]

BFB,

I gave up on 'tying' in the rubber legs long ago. They were in the way during trimming, and I'd end up cutting at least one.

I threaded mine through using a needle with a mono loop to pull the leg material with (not familiar with any 'tool' made specifically to do this, the needle worked fine).

I always glued mine in place. A drop of CA on the leg material, then pull it into place.

Now I just leave off the legs altogether. Fish don't seem to care and I like how the bugs look and fish without them.

Buddy Sanders

[bugman]

i built a leg tool from a needle with a #4 loop of thread, glued the knot to the inside of the needles eye so it makes the thing all smoothe.....when i tie a hair bug, i just put a length of rubber leg in the thread loop of my tool & pull it through the spun hair close to the shank as i can get......the thread wraps on each hair spin allways seemed to have enough tention to hold my legs in place without using any glue or cement.....although i do use cement on the wraps when i spin hair bugs for pike fishing (usually mink, rabit or some other hair other that has very little boyancy....

[BigFlatBrook]

That is what I was calling the "Dave Whitlock Tool". It's what I thought it was called. The Dave Whitlock formula might call for 5x tippet.

Thanks.

[Ron Mason]

The tension of the deer hair will hold it place nicely if your deer hair bug is packed tightly enough. I simply thread the rubber leg into a large eyed darning needle and pull it through. You can put a little cement on if you like. I use the water based cements for this as sometimes the solvent base cements will dissolve the legs especially the silicone ones.

[Sagittarius62]

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