Olive Wooly Bugger

[KCJerryD 0]

Tried a bead head wooly bugger last night. Definitely need to improve my palmering technique.

 

Let me know what you think.

 

Thanks!

 

[André Ribeiro 0]

Hi Jerry,

 

You need to choose a feather with shorter fibers, try 2 times the hook gap distance.

 

Check it out: http://www.fuzzyflies.com/2013/07/a-espetacular-woolly-bugger.html

 

Big Hug

[tidewaterfly 0]

Not too bad for a newb! You hackle is a bit over sized (fibers a bit to long) as Andre has said for that hook, but nothing wrong with over sizing sometimes. I tie some bigger buggers for bass & prefer the hackle to be over sized a bit. However, I also use a hook with a wider gap. Your fly will certainly catch fish, but sometimes the combination of hook gap & over sized hackle will clog up the gap & make getting a good hook set difficult.

 

Your palmering is not bad, and the more you do the better you'll get at it.

[streamcaddis 0]

The hackle is too large. I would go out and get some Whiting Bugger Packs. Other then that take it out and fish it....

[KCJerryD 0]

Thanks for the tip. I'll give it a try.