D-Bugger

D-Bugger

Fly Materials

Tail Grizzly marabou feather, dyed "sand" or "gold" (Wapsi).
Body Medium brown/yellow variegated chenille
Rib Fine copper wire.
Hackle Spencer - grizzly dyed golden ginger (email for source)

Tying Instructions

Instructions Tying tips
Tie in the rib at the back, before the chenille, then wrap
the chenille forward and tie off. Tie in the base of the hackle, then
wrap back to the end of the body. 
Counter-wrap the wire forward over the hackle and tie off.  This will
greatly increase the life of this fly, especially on brown trout. 
Use the lighter, finer surface hackles for this fly, then use the
darker, webbier underlying ones with brown chenille,
brown-dyed grizzly marabou, and a black bead for a chocolate-hue
pattern. 


 



This is the current version of my idea of the perfect woolly bugger. 
Fish it dead-drift, as a nymph, or strip it like a streamer.  Does it work? 
Check out the pictures on my eboard site.

Medium brown/yellow variegated chenille

 
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