Beck's Super Bugger SBS

[ScottP]

First saw this at the College Park show years ago during a demo by Barry Beck. Looked pretty cool, wasn't too hard to tie and it caught fish; gets my vote.



hook - Mustad 9671 #6
thread - UTC 6/0 olive
tail - marabou olive
flash - Krystal Flash rootbeer
body - hen saddle grizzly dyed olive
gills - saddle grizzly dyed red
legs - Sili legs olive
eyes - lead painted yellow
head - golden olive dubbing


Part 1



mash barb and attach thread at 75% mark (make 2 small bumps; the eye will sit in the "saddle")





tie in eye on top of hook shank with figure 8 wraps; apply a little crazy glue to the wraps





wrap back to bend and tie in some strands of Krystal Flash on top of hook; let butts hang over front of fly





continue wrapping back to point above barb





measure marabou blood (shank length) and tie in





wrap marabou forward and trim





take half of the Krystal Flash butts and tie down along near side; other half on far side







prep a saddle hackle