Hare & Herl Bugger
Tip: A marabou tail will work, but I prefer rabbit fur for a durable tail material on small buggers. Cut short pieces from zonker strips to experiment with different color tails.
Hare & Herl Bugger |
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| Hook: | size 14 3xl or 12 2xl |
| Thread: | Black Danville 3/0 |
| Weight: | 10 wraps of thin lead wire and/or beadhead |
| Tail: | Rabbit fur |
| Body: | 3-5 peacock herls and 2 strands of black Krystal flash, all twisted together and wrapped the length of the body |
| Hackle: | Dun hen neck hackle |
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Note: This small bugger has worked everywhere I’ve tried it, from tailwater fisheries with suspicious trout to tannic colored warm water with smallmouth bass. When wet it looks very much like the damselfly nymphs that hatch all season in most of my local waters. Tip: A marabou tail will work, but I prefer rabbit fur for a durable tail material on small buggers. Cut short pieces from zonker strips to experiment with different color tails. |
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