Step 6. Shape your wooly bugger’s head by wrapping thread around the head of the fly near the hook’s eye. Don’t go back too far – you don’t want to cover too much of the body with excess thread. Some ...

THE WOOLY BUGGER IS A COMMON FLY that is a standard pattern for most fly fishermen. Few flies possess the versatility of the wooly bugger and because of this quality, it's the one fly that I need to ...

Step 2. To build the tail of a wooly bugger, select a piece of marabou and measure it to the length of the shaft. Place the marabou at the end of the shaft, just before the bend in the hook. Before ...