Philly 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2018 I may have fished a muddler or two when I started fly fishing. Don't use them at all. Come to think of it I haven't had much luck using standard size woolly buggers. I have caught many trout, stocked and wild, on small woolly buggers tied on size 14 or 16 3 or 4 XL hooks. Down sized versions of the White River Demon(white bugger), Chili Pepper(orange, copper and brown) and a Catskill Killer(white and yellow). I usually dead drift them or fish them as droppers under a larger dry fly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim P 0 Report post Posted July 19, 2018 "Refuse to choose" Both flies are killers, a selection of colors and sizes of just these two flies and you could catch most fish in most places. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beaver Tooth 0 Report post Posted December 6, 2018 muddler for brooke , bugger for rainbows cheers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flicted 0 Report post Posted December 6, 2018 Depends. I agree with "Refuse to Choose". If I am serving leeches for dinner, I might use a bugger. If I am serving certain bait fish, a muddler might be the choice. A muddler doesn't make a good leech and a bugger doesn't make a good baitfish. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie P. (NY) 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2019 Early season a cone head black Woolly Bugger; deep and slow Late season a black or olive Woolly Bugger; twitched. August - an unweighted Muddler Minnow. Trout take them as hoppers fished along the bank. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YetiHunter 0 Report post Posted April 7, 2019 That's a tough choice, but I went with the Muddler. I don't leave home without both. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
