I've been tying so much big stuff lately, I thought I'd go small(er)(ish), with some size 10 mini-buggers with a conehead. Usually when you get down around 8 or 10, you start to use a bead on buggers sometimes, but in this case I used a conehead so the fly will get down deep fast. I tied these up for the stockers in the deep pockets and maybe some Brookies. The exact same recipe as the woolybugger, except I substituted chenille for dubbing, and put a small ring of dubbing up fron to cover any thread wraps and to not have the conehead slide back. And just a tip: to increase speediness in tying have all of your hooks ready with beads on them, saves a bunch of time.
Materials:
Thread: UTC 70 Denier Fl. Green + Black
Hook: Tiemco 5262 Size 10
Conehead: Wapsi Nickel Small
Marabou: Rumpf Olive
Dubbing (Instead of Chenille): Prism SLF Olive
Hackle: Whiting Bugger Packs Olive
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| I tied a dozen olive and a dozen black |
Devin
ReplyDeleteThat pattern would be awesome for spring crappie. Chartreuse is always a go to color in the spring. I started fishing at age 5, but never really got into fly fishing until I was in my forties. Looking back I wish I had started fly fishing at your age, because I can see now what I have missed out on all those years. You have got some great times and many exciting adventures ahead of you with the fly rod. I know you will enjoy every moment of it along the way. Thanks for sharing
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Thank you Mr. Trussell, I appreciate the wisdom, and thanks for the comment.
DeleteSweet looking patterns. I dig the cone heads. Buggers are one of my favorite patterns to tie with out a doubt.
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