Yeagerburger SBS

[ScottP]

Mike Yeager's bugger variation; a damsel/dragonfly imitation for Southwestern stillwaters. He prefers to tie his flies unweighted, using a sinking line to get them down to where the fishes live. These are for Jim - enjoy.


hook - Mustad 9672 #8
thread - UTC 140 dark olive
tail - marabou black
body - chenille dark olive
hackle - grizzly saddle


mash barb, start thread, wrap back to bend




measure (shank length) a clump of marabou; tie in






strip the end off chenille; tie in






prep hackle, tie in by butt




take a turn of chenille behind hackle, the wrap forward to head






wrap hackle forward, tie off, trim, whip, SHHAN

[ScottP]

A little different take - hackle is wrapped front to back and re-enforced with a wire rib.


everything to this point is the same, with the addition of the wire (tied in at the beginning)




move the thread to the head and tie in hackle




wrap chenille forward; tie off/trim




wrap hackle to the back; capture tip with wire, spiral rib forward through the hackle




helicopter end, whip, SHHAN





Regards,
Scott

[melk]

Good looking Scott. My kind of fly, big and bushy! I see some different colors in my future. like rusty brown and some of the bazillion cheap grizzle hackles I have.
Mike

[Whitewolf]

Well done Scott. Very well done. tks
Jim

[pillcaster]

nice, what type of chenille is that? very hairy...

[ScottP]

what type of chenille is that? very hairy...

Old (I'm talking Bush 1/Clinton 1st term timeframe) stock from Orvis. It's hairy because I steamed it - stuff had been on the card so long it was flat on 2 sides.

Regards,
Scott

[Panman]

I have used this pattern for quite a few years with good success on trout and warm water fish. Usually in size 6 to 10 in various colors.

Thanks for sharing

Tim