Showing posts with label Z-Fly Tying Streamers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Z-Fly Tying Streamers. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Fly Tying-Woolly Buggers

I spent some time the last few weeks tying up some Woolly Buggers. The Woolly Bugger is by far the most recognized fly in all of fly fishing. The basic bugger is a classic streamer fly and not very hard to tie. It is effective because of its ability to imitate so many of the different food sources on which fish feed. The wooly bugger can easily imitate damsel/dragonfly nymphs, crawfish, baitfish, stonefly nymphs, leeches, salamanders, sculpins.
There is a limitless amount of variations you can make to the basic woolly bugger. I wanted to try to keep it simple for now, so I decided on a size #6 hook, 6 traditional colors (black, brown, olive, tan, gray, and white), 6 nontraditional (midnight fire, maroon, red, chartreuse, orange, and purple), no weight, beads or legs, but I did want a splash of flash, so I added flashabou in the tail and used tinsel chenille for the body. I also choose to use long saddle hackle to give it more movement in the water.