A killer pattern on the North Platte River is the Brown Mohair Leech pattern, otherwise known as the 'BMB', or 'Bite-me Bugger'. The best brown mohair for this pattern is a Canadian brown, which is med-dark brown with a small amount of red mixed in. The tail of the fly is med-dark brown marabou, and there's a few strands of red or gold crystal flash tied in. They work best without lead wire, and with a brass conehead on for weight. There is no hackle, as the mohair is raked out and creates the hairy appearance of hackle.
I've been making my own mohair with brown llama and different brown dubbings, mixing a little gold and red ice dub in for color. After I rope the ingredients on red tying wire, I loosen a few turns and rake the rope with a small wire brush, pulling out the llama tips and making a 'hairy' rope. I re-tighten the rope and wind forward, fluffing out the fibers as I wrap, and tie off. I again use the wire brush and shag out the body, pulling out long hairs and some red and gold ice dub fibers. The llama is very soft and moves quite well when wet. This is a very effective pattern that I've caught many trout on, even in other rivers besides the Platte. Llama comes in all colors, so I would say any color combination is possible. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 6:37 AM Subject: [VFB] Dubbed Buggers > Here is the reply I got from my buddy on the dubbed body buggers. > Tony > > > > > Tony : I made most of the olive wooly buggers out of Wapis' Sow - Scud, > Olive. I use other olive dubbing as well. Will drop a sample of the > dubbing and the fly I use down there in the mail this AM. I do not weight > the fly and use #14's LO58 hooks. Will also send a couple of other flies > that are hot numbers up here, Take care. > > > > >
