Sounds good Chuck. One extra step I do to help secure the mono is to
flatten the end
with a pair of flat-nosed pliers from my radio building bench. Probalby
not necessary
with superglue. But as Tony says: "Everybody should do what pleases
them."
Gary L Webb NI9V
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Tom: With 20 pound mono. When I tie these flies, the FIRST think I do is to
take a fingernail file and rough up the shank of the leading hook so that
it will grip the glue and the mono better. Then, I cut a piece of 3inch or
so of the 20 pound mono, lay one end down along the shank of that front
hook. I then tie it down with a base of 3/0 thread I then super glue all
that to the shank. I remove that hook from the vise, put the second hook
in the vise. Tie the back half of the wooly bugger on that back hook. Then,
put the front hook back into the vise. I then pull the mono through the eye
of the rear hook, tie that to the shank real well. Then clip the mono off.
Then, superglue that down to the shank. Then, tie the front wooly bugger
onto the front hook as normal, and that's it. Clear as mud??? Chuck
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Cool! What did you attach them with?
On Jan 5, 2011, at 2:39 PM, Chuck Alexander wrote:
Tom: Last year, I tied "articulated buggers" for a swap, and then, I
caught quite a few bass with them. here's a pic, Chuck
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For the last month I have been tying up wooly buggers in different
styles. First I experimented using Chinese Crystal beads I found at
the craft store, (I posted a picture of some of them). Then I tied
up a bunch of buggers Chili Pepper style: A couple dozen using
Tony's colors, then a bunch more using similar materials but
different colors, but all using the same basic elements: plucked
marabou tail, metallic tinsel chenille body, stiff short dry fly
hackle, a bead, and a bright, fluorescent orange collar. I tied
some with red, and red beads (Red Hot Chili Peppers?), Olives,
blacks, light olive,(Green and Roasted Chilies?) maroon, etc. After
that, I experimented with a bunch of flies using spectrumized
"Canadian Style" mohair bodies in various colors, and lately I have
been tying a mohair fly on a curved hopper hook with crystal flash
ribbing, and have been trimming the mohair so it looks as much like
a hackled fly as a mohair fly. It is much thinner than the other
buggers and looks like a passable damsel fly or dragon fly
imitation. Lately I have been doing a lot more stillwater fishing
than river fishing, so I like having a good selection of buggers in
various sizes and styles.
Any suggestions for buggers? Do any of you have a favorite bugger
pattern you would like to tell me about?
When I can't stand tying buggers any more, I will tie up the usual
suspects: Pheasant Tails, Gold Ribbed Hare's ears, RS-2s and Prince
Nymphs in various sizes. I also tie up a PT/BHGRHE combo, by using
PT for the tail, back and wingcase, but the usual Hare's Ear
dressing for everything else. I don't know if it makes any
difference to the fish, but I like the way it looks. I will also be
tying up some chironomids, I had some luck fishing with them in
still water last spring, and am going to try to duplicate the
success this year.
Tom
On Jan 3, 2011, at 7:59 PM, Wayne Blake-Hedges wrote:
Hi All;
What's everyone tying these days??
I just finished up my flies for the SowBug swap last weekend and moving on
to something for trout. I always wanted to tie Dave Whitlock's red fox
squirrel nymph, got his DVD for xmas and think I'll give it a go. Anyone
have suggestions to sizes for trout?
Wayneb
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