On 11 Dec, 2003, at 7:26, Ed Ward wrote:
Ok� I'm� far from� being a good�� fly� fisherman�� never� had� any�� training�� but�� I��� do� enjoy�� fly fishing� I� read�� alot�� talk to� guys� on� the� creeks� and� pick up� stuff� from�� here in the� club.
A� few� years� ago� I heard� about�� woolly� buggers�� the� guy� that� told me about them�� said�� green body�� black� tail� and� hackle,� well� its a� wonderful�� fly�� for�� fall� fish,� silver� fish� or��� big�� chubs�� and� that's� about� it��� now� my�� question� is.
Just�� what� in the� name� of� god�� are� they suppose�� to��� represent ?�� or� are� they� just�� an�� attractor�� fly� like� the� Royal Coachman ?��� Thanks� I� really need� to� know .
The woolly bugger is a tying style, not a specific pattern. Anything with a chenille body (or similar heavy 'square' body) a marabou tail about the length of the body, and fairly heavy, and a long, soft hackle palmered back to front over the entire body (like ribbing), with the longest fibers in front, is a woolly bugger.
What do they represent? Food, most likely. Suggestion run from snails to leeches to bait fish. Fact is that it is usually the larger fish, feeding on larger prey than insects, that fall for the bugger.
henk
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