Metalic pink TBH brown woolly bugger

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This is a variation of a bead head woolly bugger that has worked very well for me in Lake Eucumbene and Tantangara Reservoir on brown trout and on Lake Maroon for bass.

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Materials

 

Hook Bead/weight Thread Tail Rib Body Hackle Collar
Knapek S #6 to #10 Metallic/anodised TBH pink bead 6/0 brown waxed thread Black Marabou with pearl flash Medium copper wire Dark brown seal plus Brown pheasant hackle Glo-brite fluorescent floss – pink 5

Process

 

A
  1. Most beads have a large opening at one end and a smaller opening at the other. Slide a bead over the point of the hook small opening first and position it behind the eye of the hook.
  2. I have stuck with orange 3.5 mm tungsten bead for my #10 river version and with a chartreuse 3.5mm tungsten bead for my #8 deep water version.
  3. Wind the thread in touching turns to the bend of the hook.

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B
  1. I like to build my woolly bugger tails in three parts.
  2. Take about half the marabou you intend to use for the tail and tie it in at the bend of the hook forming an under-tail about one to 1.5 times as long as the hook shank. For a size #8 hook this will give a fly with a finished length of 50mm.
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C
  1. Tie in two strands of sparkle flash on each side of the fly.
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D
  1. Take the balance of the marabou that you have set aside for the tail and tie it in on top of the under-tail taking care to ensure that equal number of strands of the sparkle flash stay on each side of the tail of the fly.
  2. Tie in a length of copper wire at the bend of the hook.
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E
  1. Mix a little dubbing in proportions that you like best. For me the mix that works for me is 75% dark brown seal fur, 15% Hends Microflash Nr 335 and 10% Hends Spectra Nr 335.
  2. Build up a cigar shaped body from the bend of the hook to the 90% position.
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F
  1. Wind the wire forward forming 4 or 5 segment on the body of the fly.
  2. Take one extra wrap of the wire behind the eye of the hook and then worry off the excess wire.

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  3. Using a section of Velcro tease out dubbing fibres evenly around the body of the fly. This is a great alternative to Palmering a hackle down the body of many flies.
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G
  1. Tie in a hackle, by the tip at the 90% position.

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H
  1. Trim off the tip of the feather where it is tied in.
  2. Take just 1 or 2 turns of the feather directly behind the bead.
  3. Tie the feather off and trim the butt with a blade rather than scissors.
  4. Tie the Glo-brite fluorescent floss in between the bead and the hackle tying the brown thread off at the same time.
  5. Trim away the brown thread.
  6. Stroke the front hackle back with the fingers of your left hand and build up a neat pink Glo-brite fluorescent floss collar directly behind the eye of the hook.
  7. Whip finish and varnish the collar and the bead.
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