Fly Tying Materials (wolly bugger) part2

[young_one]

So this afternoon, I went to Angling Specialties first then Basspro.

Bought:

size 10 streamer hooks

gold beads

lead wire

Blk and bwn hackle

orange blk and bwn marabou

orange blk and bwn chenille

crystal flash

 

All came down to $40 or so, which is not bad I guess.

 

Got home and start trying things out.

4 wolly buggers (bottom right was the first fly, I didnt like how the hackle was very long in the begining, so I start to triming it, and got carried away, Im sure it'll still catch fish.)

Lesson: use the hackel tip for smaller flies

 

Some rabbit jig (the suckers actully hit these jigs very hard, when I set the lead close to bottom. Good alternative for people who just want to catch something)

 

A box of goodies, some store bought.

 

Thanks for all you who helped me in the first place! Youtube is pretty awsome, there was at least 10+ video tutorial on how to tye these buggers.

[BillM]

Those look awesome!!

[drwxr]

looks realy good. if you want the hackle to be shorter to have to use saddle hackle, its diferent.

[MJL]

Great flies! They look great

 

I usually don’t worry much about hackle length much when I tie mine. Like Efka mentioned, if you’re looking for shorter hackle, saddle hackle will tie up real nice without being long and they give a very buggy appearance to the fly. A lot of my woolly buggers have long hackles made out of schlappen as it gives the fly a very nice pulsating action when I’m swinging them with the fly rod or I’m fishing in slow to med-fast water under the float.

 

Tie on a small pink or orange head made of chenille or a small yarn egg at the eye of the hook and you have another great steelhead fly. Fly tying is addictive!

[KelfuN]

nice looking buggers and jigs.

i should start tying my own soon haha