White Woolly Bugger
Description
A white Woolly Bugger suggests a small baitfish, leech, or pale aquatic prey in rivers and stillwaters. This unweighted version fishes well year-round, and its palmered hackle and counter-rib teach two durable streamer-building techniques.
Materials
- hook: 3X Long Streamer Hook
- thread: Black 6/0 Thread
- head: Black Head Lacquer
- ribbing: Extra-Small Copper Ultra Wire
- body: White Chenille
- tail: White Marabou
- hackle: White Saddle Hackle
Tying Instructions
- 1.
Secure the hook in the vise and pinch the barb if a barbless hook is unavailable.
- 2.
Start the black thread behind the eye and lay a firm, even thread base back to the bend.
- 3.
Tie in a white marabou tail at the bend about one hook shank long, binding the butt ends forward to keep the body level.
- 4.
Tie in the extra-small copper wire at the bend along the near side of the shank.
- 5.
Tie in the white saddle hackle by its tip at the bend with the dull side facing forward.
- 6.
Strip the end of the white chenille, tie it in at the bend, and advance the thread to one eye length behind the eye.
- 7.
Wrap the chenille forward in touching turns to form an even body and secure it behind the eye.
- 8.
Palmer the hackle forward in evenly spaced turns, stroke the fibers rearward as you wrap, and secure it behind the eye.
- 9.
Counter-wrap the copper wire forward through the hackle in the opposite direction, wiggle it between the fibers, and secure it behind the eye.
- 10.
Build a small tapered thread head, whip finish, and apply black head lacquer.