Skip48 0 Report post Posted October 9, 2007 Am I crazy to use these colors on this Woolly Bugger or is all fair? Also any constructive criticism is welcome. Skip Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted October 9, 2007 Very good for your first wooly bugger! That may not be my favorite color combination but almost every color combo you can dream up has the potential to be successful. My only suggestion would be to add a wire rib around the hackle, you will quickly find that the hackle stem will break and unravel. So with a rib it would be more durable but other then that I say go fish it and let us know how you do. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zip 0 Report post Posted October 9, 2007 :yahoo: Excellent first bugger!I agree with Will-The rib will give it a lot of extra durability. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
letumgo 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2007 That there is a bass slayer! Great job on a proven fish-catching pattern! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twofingerz 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2007 can't miss with balck and yellow combos for warmwater. nice job Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ILikeFish 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2007 i have heard the brightly color buggers can be killer for spawning trout... ? maybe im wrong. either way it will look good in the fly box Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skip48 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2007 Very good for your first wooly bugger! That may not be my favorite color combination but almost every color combo you can dream up has the potential to be successful. My only suggestion would be to add a wire rib around the hackle, you will quickly find that the hackle stem will break and unravel. So with a rib it would be more durable but other then that I say go fish it and let us know how you do. Thank you all for the kind comments as I do appreciate it! I know it's kind of hard to see, but here is a copper wire rib. Thanks, Skip Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
philipmadamson 0 Report post Posted November 2, 2007 I personally like the black and yellow combo, very nice for your first one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fishaholic69 0 Report post Posted November 8, 2007 looks great! but I say let the fish decide now. try it out next time and let us kno! make some more colors when ya get a chance. I will make a few buggers tonight! olive and black maybe. but instead of crystal flash add some green flashabou for lateral lines and also add a beadhead. I also have chartruese krystal flash now. maybe use that . so guys what do you think are the most productive colors of buggers to use? around here have had luck on just black and olive but hear brown and white work too Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ashbourn 0 Report post Posted November 8, 2007 Very nice, I would use a shorter tail. A long tail can cause short strikes, but it is not always an issue. Joe Fox Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mwtroubum 0 Report post Posted November 9, 2007 Nice job, although I am still a R.A. (rank amatuer) buggers are great to tie, and fish....you will catch something on that bad boy!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fishaholic69 0 Report post Posted November 9, 2007 if you wanna make your tail shorter don't cut it. take your fingers and hold where u wanna tear it at. now just pull hard on the rest that you want gone. rips off very easy plus won't leave it all paintbrush looking. just a lil tip I learned from my homie bigcliff from north american fly fishing forum! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fishaholic69 0 Report post Posted November 15, 2007 was bored today with nothing to do but tie. so I got a lil creative. made this size 8 conehead black bugger with rubber legs and green flashabou lateral lines. heres how i made it. I used black chenile for the body, marabou for tail, copper wire for rib, chinese saddle hackle for palmered body and 3 pieces of black rubber legs tied to be all 3 sets of legs plus 3 strands on each side of green flashabou for the flash in the tail and down the body. used the copper wire after to secure in the hackle and green flash.. not in that order tho. who know maybe it will work maybe not? was fun to tie and use all the different steps to add you own combinations tho. heres 2 pix. not bad. maybe the hackle is a lil long and the marabou tail isn't all on top of the hook.. other than that I am happy with it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ILikeFish 0 Report post Posted November 15, 2007 was bored today with nothing to do but tie. so I got a lil creative. made this size 8 conehead black bugger with rubber legs and green flashabou lateral lines. heres how i made it. I used black chenile for the body, marabou for tail, copper wire for rib, chinese saddle hackle for palmered body and 3 pieces of black rubber legs tied to be all 3 sets of legs plus 3 strands on each side of green flashabou for the flash in the tail and down the body. used the copper wire after to secure in the hackle and green flash.. not in that order tho. who know maybe it will work maybe not? was fun to tie and use all the different steps to add you own combinations tho. heres 2 pix. not bad. maybe the hackle is a lil long and the marabou tail isn't all on top of the hook.. other than that I am happy with it. they will certainly catch some fish. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bob Cunningham 0 Report post Posted November 15, 2007 A real nice looking fly, and Fishaholic, that is a real neat lateral stripe - it looks pretty cool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
