Woolly Bugger

The Woolly Bugger needs little introduction — it is one of the most widely fished subsurface patterns in the world, and for good reason. A marabou tail that breathes and pulses on the drop, a body palmered through with hackle to push water with every twitch of the rod tip, and a brass bead to get it down and fishing: the combination covers leech, baitfish, dragonfly nymph and general attractor in a single fly. It is equally at home stripped fast through open water, crawled along the bottom on a long leader, or fished on a slow figure-of-eight in the margins. The peacock herl variants add an iridescent body that catches light in a way synthetic materials rarely match, while the grizzly hackle version introduces a mottled, barred profile that reads as something alive at almost any depth. Tied by Scientific Fly across seven colour combinations to cover clear, stained and coloured water from early season through to the last session of the year.

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Product Details

• Marabou tail delivers constant movement throughout the retrieve and on every pause
• Body palmered with hackle displaces water and creates a breathing, lifelike profile
• Peacock herl body variants add natural iridescence that catches and holds light
• Brass bead head provides sink rate and a subtle flash trigger at the nose
• Versatile across all subsurface retrieves — strip, figure-of-eight, countdown-and-hang or dead drift
• Seven colour combinations cover imitative and attractor fishing across all conditions

Sizes

#8; #10; #12

Colours Available

Black/Peacock; Black/Peacock/Grizzly; Brown; Olive; Olive/Peacock; Orange; Orange/Peacock

Target Species

Primary: Rainbow and brown trout in dams and stillwaters.
Secondary: Smallmouth and largemouth bass.