The Woolly Bugger

Materials Used:

Hook - Tiemco 300, size 2-10, weighted

Thread - Match the body color.

Tail - black to marabou or color of the body

Legs - Saddle hackle palmered black or color of the body

Body - Black, olive, or brown chenille fur mixes are also good. 

Start by wrapping your black thread from the eye of the hook back about 1/8 of an inch.  Now you are going to take 1 or 2 full marabou feathers and start wrapping them back to the rear of the hook.  Leave about the length of the hook shank of marabou sticking out the rear for a tail.

Now tie in a piece of wire for the ribbing - your choice in color.  The wire should be about 3 inches long.  The most common color wire used is silver, but I am using red on this fly.  Then, tie in a 6 inch piece of strung chenille for the body.  Wrap your black thread forward in tight close wraps.  This will give you an even under body all the way down the hook. 

Wrap your chenille forward and tie it off at the front of the hook, leaving enough room for the head.  Now tie in a piece of black saddle hackle.  Wrap your hackle back toward the tail, spacing it evenly along the way.  Use your wire ribbing to secure the hackle at the tail.

 Wrap your wire rib forward and tie it off at the head.  Tie your head and whip finish it.

Add some head cement and let it dry.

       
The Woolly Bugger is one of my favorite flies.  What I like about this fly is that you can catch just about any fresh water fish with it.  This fly is also used all over the world.  People in Alaska use it to catch charr and rainbow trout.  In Argentina, fisherman use this fly to catch rainbow and brown trout.  Here in Maine, my brother has caught brown trout, brook trout, rainbow trout, salmon and bass on this fly.