Black Woolly Bugger
Description
The Black Woolly Bugger is a dark streamer for leeches, small sculpins, baitfish, and large swimming nymphs. It works in streams, tailwaters, ponds, and lakes when fish are feeding low or when stained water calls for a strong silhouette. This unweighted version is a good beginner streamer because it teaches tailing, chenille bodies, palmered hackle, and wire ribbing in one durable fly.
Materials
- hook: 3X Long Streamer Hook
- thread: Black, 6/0 Thread.
- body: Black Chenille
- head: Black Head Lacquer
- tail: Black Marabou
- hackle: Black Saddle Hackle
- ribbing: Copper Ultra wire, extra small.
Tying Instructions
- 1.
Secure the hook in the vise and start the black thread two eye lengths behind the eye.
- 2.
Wrap a smooth thread base back to the bend.
- 3.
Tie in a sparse bunch of black marabou at the bend, one hook shank long.
- 4.
Bind the marabou butts along the shank and return the thread to the bend.
- 5.
Tie in the copper wire at the bend and leave it hanging to the rear.
- 6.
Tie in a black saddle hackle by the tip at the bend with the dull side facing forward.
- 7.
Tie in the black chenille at the bend and advance the thread to two eye lengths behind the eye.
- 8.
Wrap the chenille forward in touching turns and tie it off behind the eye.
- 9.
Palmer the saddle hackle forward over the chenille in open, even turns and tie it off.
- 10.
Counter-wrap the copper wire forward through the hackle to protect the stem, then tie it off behind the eye.
- 11.
Build a small black thread head, whip finish, and apply black head lacquer.