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Just a reminder, don't forget to tie a few Mini-Buggers before the water warms up. These were tied with a few wraps of .015 lead instead of a bead or bead-chain eyes. 3X size 10.

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Comment by james bluto gillette on March 25, 2014 at 3:24pm

those look great don I tied about 50 of those last month the steelhead love them

Comment by Donald Schmotzer on March 25, 2014 at 2:58pm

  Thanks all, for the kind words. The Woolly-Bugger is one of the best flies ever tied. If you had nothing in your fly box but Buggers, I believe you could still catch fish anywhere you went.......I understand the man that came up with the Bugger just recently passed away. I doubt he ever could have imagined how successful this fly would become...................Don

Comment by jim cosgrove on March 25, 2014 at 2:44pm

PERFECT ties don the  way a bugger should look

Comment by Leo Nguyen on March 25, 2014 at 1:40pm

Never forget them. Always have something similar in the arsenal. Love the Dangling Brothers display.

Comment by carl hendrix on March 25, 2014 at 11:49am

real nice looking buggers don!!  yea- I need to tie some of these up to-- thanks for the reminder!

Comment by dick tabbert on March 25, 2014 at 11:24am

Thanks Don sounds like they will work great with the 2wt.

Comment by Donald Schmotzer on March 25, 2014 at 11:13am

  These are good year-round. Tied on a size 10 or 12 ( 2x or 3x ) hook they just work. These are just a smaller version of the woolly-Bugger. I fish these on 0-3 wt fly-rods, favorite colors are...Black, Olive, white/Red

and Yellow. ( Chartreuse works well too ) You should always have a few of these with you, I have caught a bunch of nice Trout on them too............Palmering takes a bit of practice but I found it is much easier if you use small Hackle   ( meant of size 14 and smaller Hackle works great on a size 10 Mini-Bugger)...and be extra careful when you tie the Hackle off that you don't capture too many Hackle fibers up near the nose of the fly....Give them a try...and Good Luck............Don

Comment by dick tabbert on March 25, 2014 at 10:59am

Nice Don. Are these a good spring time bait I haven't done much with sinking baits. They defiantly look like fish catching flies to me. I just got some feathers so I'll have to attempt a couple except all my palmering look like crap.

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