A small variation over the black Woolly Bugger utilizing the mobility of rabbit fur.
Probably my best fly on this river. I tie them in black (hellgrammite or leech), brown (crayfish), and gray, usually weighted with lead wire or a bead or two. I like to use a rabbit strip as a tail for slower water. I think a Grey, Black or Copper Frede would translate very well here.
Hook | Mustad 4xl streamer size 8 |
Tail | Black rabbit strip |
Underbody | Lead wire on front half of shank |
Hackle | Palmered grizzly saddle |
Body | Black plastic leech yarn (similar to estaz, but much more sparse) |
Head | Tying thread |