June tying contest and May results:

[Billy]

The winner of the May contest as picked by @MillCreekMinnow is...... @Divad with his magnificent jig style green drake nymph:For the month of June Divad has come up with a classic theme of the mighty Wooley Bugger!

Who will win some swag and be crowned champion of June remains to be determined...let's get tying those WB's!

 

[SKYKO]

That is a sweet nymph pattern.

I'll start with some buggers from yesterday.

 

[Matt B]

Loosely defined, what elements make a woolly bugger a woolly bugger?
And is it woolly or wooly?

 

[Divad]

As the second fly I ever tied the wooly bugger is a pattern I need to return to. Some recent chatter on replacing fly boxes with this relic will probably be rehashed for the dawn of time.

@Matt B Wooly Bugger = tail, hackled body, shoulder. Get fancy or be plain, one feather to many, a single material or 50.

 

[Divad]

I like the wooly because the barrier to entry is almost non existent. Your golden retriever needs a clip? There’s your tail and dubbing loop shoulder with a fresh feather from the neighbor’s chicken as body.

 

[Matt B]

As the second fly I ever tied the wooly bugger is a pattern I need to return to. Some recent chatter on replacing fly boxes with this relic will probably be rehashed for the dawn of time.

@Matt B Wooly Bugger = tail, hackled body, shoulder. Get fancy or be plain, one feather to many, a single material or 50.

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I can work with that. Seal buggers and the like for lakes need not apply.

 

[Billy]

Loosely defined, what elements make a woolly bugger a woolly bugger?
And is it woolly or wooly?

You don't like these contests where there is some shaded areas do you?

 

[Divad]

Fitting, even the name can be spelled 12 ways

 

[Tom Butler]

Someone here suggested I add blue flash to this last year and it has really worked well since. Sz. 10 2xl.

 

[jact55]

Ooo, I'm gonna win this. I can't tie worth a shit, but I can plaguerize a picture off Google quiet well. I'll go searching for the winner.
Haha.

 

[Dr. Magill]

Ooo, I'm gonna win this. I can't tie worth a shit, but I can plaguerize a picture off Google quiet well. I'll go searching for the winner.
Haha.

Youngster???

 

[jact55]

Youngster???

I'm 37, sort of in the middle. I'm terrible at computers for my age though lol.

 

[Matt B]

You don't like these contests where there is some shaded areas do you?

Haha good point

 

[Dr. Magill]

I'm 37, sort of in the middle. I'm terrible at computers for my age though lol.

I bet you could tie a decent woolly buggar

 

[jact55]

I bet you could tie a decent woolly buggar

Yeah, I'm capable. I'll give it a shot tonight or soon.
Was just being my usual immature self lol

 

[Mike Cline]

The Woolly Bugger is a fly with broad design parameters, so much so, that an entire book was written about them:
Woolly Wisdom, (2005) Gary Soucie. This is a fly that can easily resemble baitfish, leeches, large nymphs and even small crustaceans so variations on the basic design are essentially endless.


My takes on the Woolly Bugger are as follows:
Pine Squirrel Bugger: This fly is tied with a Finn Raccoon fur tail, palmered zonked pine squirrel overwrapped with medium wire.


EP Tarantula Brush Bugger: very similar to above Bugger but with EP Tarantula Brush for the rear body.

Firehole Demon: Designed specifically for the tea colored waters of the Firehole, Gibbon and Big rivers, this fly is an adaptation of the Australian “Shreck” fly and the Big Hole Demon patterns.
Tied with a marabou tail, polarflash body and Badger hackle. The Badger hackle over the flash body creates an effective small baitfish pattern.

 

[mcswny]

You don't like these contests where there is some shaded areas do you?

The second I say this months, I figured @Matt B and @Irafly would get into it on what’s a bugger

 

[Matt B]

The second I say this months, I figured @Matt B and @Irafly would get into it on what’s a bugger

I have a philosophy degree. I can’t help it. But I am trying.

 

[mcswny]

I have a philosophy degree. I can’t help it. But I am trying.

Holy shit it all makes sense now.

 

[Bob Rankin]

I’ll bite

These are some burgers I tied up last September to swing on the Yak. They worked out real well and I just wanted to try something different.