Wooly buggers

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1

I would like to see you own wooly bugger creation or anything that was inspiered by this wonderful fly.
Ryan

2

Well I don’t know who did what but I think the Rabbit Bugger is a distant cousin .

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Robert B. McCorquodale
Sebring, FL

“Flip a fly”

3

[url=http://www.fishingwithflies.com/HareandHerlBugger.html:38313]http://www.fishingwithflies.com/HareandHerlBugger.html[/url:38313]

4

I tied this up for smallies. Haven’t tried it yet, but it looks “fishy” to me.
[url=http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v610/Panman/DoubleHackleWooly.jpg:c6ea5]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v610/Panman/DoubleHackleWooly.jpg[/url:c6ea5]

Tim Anderson

5

Here is my hares ear bugger:
[url=http://dryfly.argodesignstudio.com/Flies.htm:df0aa]http://dryfly.argodesignstudio.com/Flies.htm[/url:df0aa]

6

Panman,

That won’t catch ANY smallies. Better just save yourself some disappointment and send it to me.

Lux

7

Sir Fishlux:

Send me your snail mail address and I will get a couple on the way to you.

Tim

8

Seems like in the examples above rabbit is used a lot. Would you comment on the pros and cons of rabbit vs marabou. Which would be your first choice?

9

I think marabou looks and moves better, but rabbit is easier to work with. But, they’re different materials, you have to handle them differently and they do different things. Luckily they’re similar enough that there is some overlap in their uses and that allows for personal preference.

10

Oh, and while I hate wooly buggers down to the very core of my being, I play with them at the vise from time to time because they are pretty fun to tie. Some of my creations?
Muddler buggers. Woolies on long-shanked hooks with spun and clipped muddler heads and collars.
Two-hackle buggers. Tie in two hackles of contrasting colors. If you tie in at the bend and palmer forward then palmer them one at a time so you don’t have to tie down two hackles at once. If you tie in at the eye and palmer back, wrap both at once so you don’t have to hold one hackle while you wrap the other.

11

This fly I created to utilize the same materials as a wooly bugger materials. I did add some chick-a-boo and round rubber though.

Dan
[url=http://members.cox.net/dwest6/CB.jpg:282ca]http://members.cox.net/dwest6/CB.jpg[/url:282ca]

12

Steelheader… I don’t have a picture yet but I tie a woolie with a brown over rust marabou tail, peacock body tied VERY full… about 6 herls work… a very webby silver Badger hackle and a beadhead. Works great wherever there’s small crayfish. I’ve caught smallies, rockbass, rainbows and God only knows how many different types of chubs and bream out of the same hole. I got 2 rockbass on consecutive casts that were pushing 2 pounds each on this fly… Sylamore Creek near Mountain Home, Ar.

Mike

13

Mike,
Would like to see a picture if possible. I like anything with rust [aka burnt orange] in it.

14

Dan -

That is a very nice a crayfish imitation! Is the “head” of the critter (chenille) wrapped on at the same time the rest of the body is?

  • Gary

“Catch 'em all ~ Put 'em back!”

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Gary,

The chenille is one piece and I wrap to just past the eyes then tie in the remaining mat?riels. I have a word document on how I tie it. I’ll convert it to HTML and put it on my web site.

Dan

16

Here are the instructions on how I tie the Craw Bugger.
[url=http://members.cox.net/dwest6/CB.htm:08600]http://members.cox.net/dwest6/CB.htm[/url:08600]

Dan

17

Ducksterman… mine is really an easy tie. I stack the marabou brown over the burnt orange, about 6 herls for the body to tie up nice and thick, a very webby silver badger hackle and a beadhead. On a size 10 or 12, I usually use 8 turns of .15 lead and tuck 4 in the bead and 4 on the shank. Hackle has to be very webby or the action is different on the retrieve. E-mail me if you want and I’ll try to find a picture for it.

Mike

There is no greater fan of flyfishing than the worm.

Patrick McManus

18

Mike,

Like the sound of your bugger. Do you counter wrap the body/hackle with wire or thread to make it more durable?

Warren

19

Warren… yes, I counter wrap the hackle with copper wire. Adds a bit of flash as well as durability. I’m experimenting now with Peacock Ice Dubbing. I’ll post how that works out when I get a chance to try it out. Actually, I’m trying the dubbing instead of herls now in most flies I tie that contain peacock. The Ice Dub makes an interesting looking Red Ass soft hackle.

Mike

There is no greater fan of flyfishing than the worm.

Patrick McManus

20

There is a chenille product called “glimmer chenille” that comes in peacock…I suppose there are others I just haven’t seen but it seems to be one of the few offering peacock. It is like catus chenille ,tinsel chenille, estaz, etc…looks very peacocky and like all chenille easy to tie.

[This message has been edited by ducksterman (edited 17 May 2005).]