Wooly Bugger Question

On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:28:36 -0400, "Robert11"
wrote:

Hello,

How do you folks fish wooly buggers ?

Do you prefer the unweighted or the weighted kind ? Why ?

Thanks,
B.


Hi, Bob. Two ways:

You can think of the bugger as a streamer and fish it as such,
weighted or unweighted. If it is unweighted, I would use a sink tip
(or full sink) line to get it down. If it is a conehead or beadhead
bugger, fish it with a floating line. It should get down deep enough,
depending of course, on the depth of the water. If you need to get
deeper, use the sink tip or full sink method. You could also use a
weighted leader ( 7 - 9 foot) available at most fly shops, with a loop
to loop connection on either end. I used these successfully in Tierra
del Fuego to get nymphs down deep. Loop the weighted leader to your
fly line and loop your leader (or just plain tippet material) to the
weighted leader. The set up in TdF was a 7 foot sinking leader, with
5 to 7 foot of 26# mono. Three or four X tippet should be good enough
for anything you'd catch in Taxachusetts.

An unweighted small bugger can be fished as a nymph. A split shot
(non-toxic) placed about 18 inches above the fly will help to get it
down. Cast up-stream and keep as much line off of the water as you
can. Use it with or without a strike indicator.