It's simple, easy to tie, kinda rough looking, and will catch fish when nothing else will. The Woolly Bugger is what I call an insurance fly. Catching a fish is never 100% guaranteed, no matter ...

See It Wooly Buggers are one of the most potent flies ever created for a wide variety of freshwater fish. This includes bluegills, but given their small mouths, you’ll want to use a size 12 or smaller ...

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, ...

The Woolly Bugger When in doubt, tie on a Woolly Bugger. It’s a fly I rely on when the bite gets tough because it does such a good job of imitating just about anything smallmouth eat.

While many fly patterns are designed to represent a specific insect, or class of insects, the Woolly Bugger imitates a long list of things ranging from crayfish to damsel flies, and leeches to ...

How to Fish It: Nine times out of 10, a Wooly Bugger is fished like a streamer; in other words, retrieved by the angler in a rhythmic pulse. This technique allows the fly to mimic a small baitfish, ...

The Wooly Bugger may be the most versatile and productive fly ever created for use in freshwater. What makes this bug so great is that it packs the functionality of multiple fly patterns all into ...

Chris Sandford gives his adaptation of the classic 'woolly bugger' fly - a traditional winter pattern.