I have some plastic jig tails I bought at a fly shop. You can tie
them on buggers instead of using marabou (I haven't tried them yet).
I often thought about taking a spinning rod with my on my still water
trips so I could jig for some of the lunkers my fish finder shows me
hanging down 20 or 30 feet in the reservoirs I fish. I just never
get around to it. But there is no question jigging in an excellent
technique.
I did find the article where I found the bugger pattern. It was
written by John Holt and he called it a Cree Bugger. The article, in
the 2006 issue of Northwest Flyfishing, was about fishing for Bass in
Warm Springs Creek, a creek with thermal features that has created a
great bass habitat near Livingston, Montana.
Tom
On Oct 13, 2006, at 9:25 AM, Chuck Alexander wrote:
Tom: Does this mean great minds think alike?? LOL. Cause funny you
should mention this, cause just last night I was tying
"traditional" wooly buggers in all colors, and using that copper
ribbing (helps the fly last longer for me and adds a little flash
to it too. They has been well for me the last cpl weeks, since we
had our first cold snap, but we had a lot of rain three days ago,
so yesterday I had to change up, and use lighter colors, but the
other day the black one was the good one... So, I tied some white,
some brown,bright green,olive drab, white, chili peppers,yellow,
and even a purple one LOL. I think this is like the bait chunker
like I was and I loved to crappie fish, and tried all manner of the
new "crappie lures". but NOTHING (cept maybe live minnows at times)
beat the plain old jig...Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Davenport" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 1:13 AM
Subject: [VFB] Back to Basics Bugger
In the spring I was reading an article in Northwest fly fishing
written by a fellow who fishes Montana rivers with streamers,
primarily with what he called a "big ugly spark plug of a Wooly
Bugger". He had a name for it, and if I find the article again,
I will send his name and the real name of his bugger, which I
simply call the "Back to Basics" bugger.
In recent years I have been like the prodigal son, "seeking
wanton women" when it comes to wooly buggers. I had abandoned
hackle all together and substituted Mohair or Ice Dub or brushed
Antron or ice chenille, or all three. I have added beads, and
propellers (and I have also also spent time with a particularly
hot number called the "Chili Pepper.")
So along comes this article with this guy saying he only uses
this one fly, and he catches lots of fish. It was nothing more
than a simple, traditional bugger, black marabou tail, brown
chenille body, copper rib, with palmered Cree or Grizzly hackle.
That's it. No bead, no propeller, no ice dub, no crystal
chenille body, no crystal flash in the tail, nothing!
So I tied some up for still water fishing using it as my trailing
fly with one of my gaudy "whores of Babylon" buggers in the
lead... and ... you guessed it... that plain old bugger has out
fished the others 10 to one.... including... the venerable Chili
(sorry Tony. It is probably just our local planted fish. They
settle for hamburger when they could be having the T-bone)
I just tied up another dozen for tomorrows fishing.
Here is the recipe
Hook: Streamer
Weight: lead weight (if desired, I add weight to mine)
Thread: Black, or Chili Pepper Orange (Not in his recipe, but I
just can't resist adding Tony's snazzy orange collar)
Tail: Black Marabou
Body: Brown or Tobacco Brown chenille (In the article there was
just a picture and a recipe, the recipe said brown, but it looked
tobacco brown to me, so that is what I have been using)
Rib: Copper Wire
Hackle: Cree or Grizzly
I like to get everything tied in at the bend except the hackle,
then I wrap the body forward and tie off, attach the hackle
behind the eye of hook by its butt end and palmer back to the
bend, then anchor it by palmering the copper over it to the eye.
Some times I also throw on a bead. Old habits die hard.
Tom Davenport
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