No Feathers Allowed ? Woolly Bugger Swap

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No Feathers Allowed!!! Woolly Bugger Swap

How can you tie a woolly bugger without a feather? I have used eyelash yarn and dubbing brushes with fur.

What else can you use? You tell me. Let’s see how creative we can be.

The fly can be for coldwater, warm-water or saltwater fish.

As an added bonus, I will send to each participant a few feet of the materials I use to construct my fly.

A strict limit of 12 tyers.

Sign-up will close when full or around December 15.

I will PM my address to all swap members when they sign up.
Flies due to me by January 21 2009.

I will send flies out shortly thereafter. (Unless you do not send return postage. If you don?t send postage the flies are kept in a safe place until the postage arrives.)

Please remember to put toe-tags on your flies.

International swappers are welcome. I live in upstate New York, USA.

I haven?t hosted a swap in nearly two years.
The last one was my Mardi-Gras Bead Swap. For images of that swap go to:

http://www.edengelman.com/MGBeadSwap/Mardi%20Gras%20Bead%20Swap.htm

Thank you for considering joining.

Ed

  1. Ed Engelman Fur-Out bugger Completed
  2. Ohiofly RECEIVED
  3. steelieslayer RECEIVED
  4. setnhooked RECEIVED
  5. wayneb RECEIVED
  6. Eight Thumbs RECEIVED
  7. bassman Stinky Bugger RECEIVED
  8. Vulture6 RECEIVED
  9. bigdewy RECIEVED
  10. Gigmaster nuclear bugger RECEIVED
  11. scum.glove Rubber Man RECEIVED
  12. JackCrow RECEIVED

Alternate 1. jimsnarocks

Alternate 2.

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I’m not the greatest tyer but a Bugger is with in my frame, sounds like fun!
Dave

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Dave

Welcome to the swap. I’m looking forward to seeing your version of the featherless bugger.

Ed

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im in, i like swaps like this. it should be interesting.

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I’m in. Great swap idea!

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Hi Ed;

Let me get this straight no feathers at all, including the normal marabou tail??

Either way I’m intriuged and I’m in!

Wayneb

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That’s right, no feathers, no marabou, no hackle, no feather quills, nothing from a bird.

steelieslayer
setnhooked
wayneb

You are in the swap.

Thank you for joining.

Ed

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Hi Ed,

Looks like you still have a couple of slots left in this swap. I’d like to join. Thank you for hosting this swap. Great theme! 8T :slight_smile:

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Ok you got me hooked, I would like to get in on this one if that is ok. I guess you can call mine a Stinky Bugger. Thanks John

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I’m game - count me in please if there is still room.

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I luv the bugger!!:twisted::twisted:
Count me in if there is still rooooom!:mrgreen::mrgreen:

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Can I get in? How about a weighted black Bugger?

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How about this design? I call it the Nuclear Bugger. I used synthetic marabou for the tail (real marabou would count as a feather, right?), and the hackle is purple flash Nuclear Emission Wing material from Polaris.

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Wow!

I just came in from work and I find that the swap is filling right up!

Eight Thumbs
bassman
Vulture6
bigdewy
Gigmaster

You are all in the swap.

BTW Gigmaster, I’ve never heard of syntetic marabou. Is it a fly tying product or something you you discovered??? Real marabou is not allowed but synthetic marabou is just fine.

I’m looking forward to seeing all the flies.

Ed

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I got to thinking about the swap, and the ‘No Feathers’ rule. You didn’t say “no natural, or real feathers” You said “no feathers…period”.

So my Nuclear Bugger doesn’t qualify because, the marabou may not be real marabou, but it is still an artificial feather.

Here is my second attempt, using nothing but Black Chenille, Black Craft Fur, and Purple Craft Fur. I may add a gold or silver rib to the final version.

For lack of a better name, I am calling it the Wal-Mart Bugger, because that’s usually where I get the fur.

[b]Wal-Mart Bugger

[/b]Hook: Cabelas Model 40 sz. 6-10
Thread: Black Kevlar 3/0
Weight: .025 Lead-Free Roundwire
Tail: Black Craft Fur
Body: Black Med. Chenille
Hackle: Purple Craft Fur-dubbing loop style

Will this get me into the swap?

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I messed up. I got the material off of EBay without really knowing what is was. Is is ‘Imitation’ marabou, not artificial. The products actual name is Chickabou. It is still a feather. Hence, I have changed my pattern to one that can pass the strictest conditions…nothing but chenille and craft fur.

This is going to be a great swap!

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Gigmaster

Real cool!!!

I like the look of your fly. Very nice effect. What self respecting fish wouldn’t be proud to be caught on it?

Ed

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Ed,

I want in. This will be my first swap, and I would like to enter what I call the Rubber Man.

Jeff

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Jeff

You and your “rubber man” are in.

Ed

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OK. Here is the final version. When I was adding the purple craft fur, I added some sparse, chopped pearl Flashabou. This should be deadly.

Wal-Mart Wooly-Bugger, ver 1.2