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Bug Eyed Bugger
Tried this today.
Hook - # 8 Aberdeen
Body - Small, gold flash chenille
Tail - white marabou
Eyes - 6/0 Glass beads, mounted on a melted broom bristle.
(Same technique as making mono eyes, but add the beads and then melt the plastic. I let it catch fire and then run all the way to the bead - once it gets there, the fire goes out and the gob of plastic hardens. Do this on both sides to keep the beads secure.)
Just a Wooly Bugger, with them big eyes added.
I've been reading the works of Bill Byrd lately and am looking at streamer/minnow patterns right now. Mr. Byrd is a proponent of subsurface patterns for bluegill, something I've thought important myself.
Most bluegill fishermen focus on the surface bite, but get a little shy when the fish go deeper.... and deep patterns and techniques become important.
Lately I've worked on these:
- Briminator
- MM Minnow
- Cypert Minnow
(the last two thanks to Don Schmotzer)
Now its the Bug Eyed Bugger. I'll add a few to my box and see what they do.
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Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on January 30, 2014 at 7:06pm
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Cmon Spring!
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Comment by carl hendrix on January 30, 2014 at 6:51pm
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this looks great david!! cant wait till you try it out and let us know how it does!!
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Thanks David.
It is about 1" long, so should appeal to bluegill. The glass beads should have it sinking at about a foot per second, give or take. I'm thinking of going to a 10# hook, next, and omitting the chenille entirely.
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Comment by David 'PcolaPaddler' on January 30, 2014 at 6:43pm
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I like it!
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