Better Bugger

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Materials needed 8

Tying difficulty Easy

Target species trout, bass, steelhead

Tied by Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions.

Detailed instructions for building a better woolly bugger.

Materials
Hook: 3X-long streamer/nymph hook, size 8.
Bead: Gold, 5/32-inch.
Weight: Lead-free round wire, .020.
Thread: Olive, 6/0 or 140-denier.
Tail: Olive marabou.
Flash: 3 strands of Gold Krystal Flash.
Body: Olive Ultra Chenille. (Wooly Bugger Chenille has flash and is great for this)
Hackle: Dyed-olive grizzly hackle