bentflyrod 0 Report post Posted January 25, 2005 The buggers are looking great! Alot of neat ideas! BFR Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted January 25, 2005 I think im headed in the wrong direction with my Buggers Leaky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mhackney 0 Report post Posted January 25, 2005 I posted this in another thread but I'll post it here too. I call it Good and Plenty after the licorice candy. Michael recipe: weighted white maraboo tail with 8 strands of black krystal flash pink chenile body black hackle palmered Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted January 25, 2005 mhackney, beautiful bugger man. I love the black on pink Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mhackney 0 Report post Posted January 25, 2005 Thanks Will. The bass seem to like them too! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Graham 0 Report post Posted January 25, 2005 Hey Rob Knisely, Briefly back to the questions you had on the bugger. It had been about 5 years since I tied those, but with the bugger swap I've started tying them again. First I slip 7 beads onto the hook, tie on two pieces of slim olive flash material about half the length of the marabou tail, tie on a loop of fine gold wire, tie on the marabou tail, whip finish and cut the thread, drop of cement at the tail area. Put the dubbing in the loop, spin it up tight, pick at it a bit with a bodkin to fluff it out, wind it up between the beads real tight, stop one bead before the head bead, couple extra wraps, then tie on the thread again at that point then whip finish and cement. This I believe is the strongest way to tie this fly. I was looking at pictures last night and found one day in the Chilean Andes fishing Rio Puelo with this bugger I have a beautiful brown, sea run rainbows and an Atlantic with the bugger showing, still in the fish's mouth. Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toneloc 0 Report post Posted January 25, 2005 How bout a wiggle bugger? This is also tied with a Marabou body like Pujics. Thought I was the one who thought up that idea...just goes to show everytime you think you've came up with unique fly...someone somewhere has probably already thought of it. Tony Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dbl_shot 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2005 I posted this one below as well and really like the 1/2 portion of the piping body and the wolly bugger style head for the remaining front half. Like these in olive or black but after seeing more of the previous posts will be trying some new colors. One thing I did leave out is a little crystal flash in the tail.... doooh.. Hans Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Graham 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2005 Man, there sure are some awesome bugger pictures here, some very inovative stuff. A bugger category in the next tying contest will be hot. Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted January 26, 2005 Here is a wooly bugger my youngest son Patrick tied for me he is 13 years old. Jim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bentflyrod 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2005 Hey Jim! Tell your son he did an awesome job!! BFR Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted January 26, 2005 Thanks BFR, I will be sure to let him know. Jim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted January 26, 2005 Here's something a little different...I've been playing around with boa yarn. This bugger is tied using the boa yarn as the palmered material on a saltwater hook. To get it to stand up, it is wedged between hollow plastic bead pony lace over the chenille. This is in a salwater size on a #2 saltwater hook. Mark Delaney Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sore arm 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2005 Here is two that I did for the 2 swaps that I am in. The first one is for the GLSteelhead Swap. The next two for the bugger swap. New material for the hackle, like it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Hard 0 Report post Posted January 26, 2005 QUOTE (Leaky Waders @ Jan 24 2005, 11:39 PM) I think im headed in the wrong direction with my Buggers Leaky As long as its not in the "Canadian" direction! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites