Wooley bugger tying question-newbie.

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Hello all,
New to tying and trying to tye a modified bugger. I’m adding dumbell eyes and rubber legs based on the Holschlag Hackle Fly. My question is when do you tie the rubber legs in before or after the chenille?
Any help appreciated…
Janus

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I add the rubber legs first and then wind the chenille around then to cover the tie in thread. If you wrap the chenille forward first without tying it down and mark in your mind where the rubber strips should go to come between the wraps it will make it easier to get a neat looking fly.

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[LEFT]Janus, check this site out…

http://warmwaterflytyer.com/patterns3.asp?page=11

I used this fly, of course not tied nearly as well, today and I caught a dozen bucket-mouths in an hours! Excellent fly!

You could probably follow his example when using chenille too.

Tight lines,

Scott
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I tie them in first and then wrap the chenille over.

Although I must say that I have never tied woolly buggers with legs, Never saw it to be necessary.

But I have done other chenille flies that I put legs on them.

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Here is the Girdle Bug;http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw2/girdlebug4.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw2/081400fotw.html&h=273&w=365&sz=13&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=FBlS0JOpE5_H_M:&tbnh=91&tbnw=121&prev=/images%3Fq%3DGirdle%2Bbug%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG
Doug

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Janus,
I would say tie the rubber legs in after the chenille. That is how I tie the Holschlag fly. http://www.warmwaterflytyer.com/patterns6.asp?page=2
Steve

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A good tutorial:

http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox/details.cfm?parentID=90

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Thanks to all for your tips on improvising a Woolly Bugger into a warm water fly! I’ve tied many buggers for trout fishing but would like to try fly fishing for bass. With a few additional details to the common bugger, it appears to be an easy conversion to tie!

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I tie the rubber legs in first. That way I can set them at the places that I want them. I then wrap the chenille around the hook and between the legs.
For a different looking bugger try tying on about 4r o5 five sets of bead chain eyes along the hook shank and then wrap the chenille up the hook. Make sure the chenille is small enough to aloow the sides of the bead chain eyes to show.

Rick

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Thanks all I appreciate the tips.