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Bruiser Bach

Nymph · Trout · Beginner · 2 versions

Reference Recipe

• Hook Heavy grub/nymph hook, 12
• Thread Red 12/0

Materials

• Body California (buggy blend) (Bruiser Blend Junior dubbing)
• Rib Red buzzer wrap (fine wire)
• Hackle Fiery brown (1 soft saddle feather)

How to tie it

1. Mount the hook and start thread, then tie in a length of fine red wire at the bend.
2. Dub a slim, slightly buggy body of Bruiser Blend along the shank up to the 80% mark.
3. Counter-rib the red wire forward in 5-6 evenly spaced turns for flash and durability, then tie off and break it.
4. Tie in a fiery-brown soft hackle and take a couple of turns as a sparse collar.
5. Sweep the fibers back, build a small red thread head, whip finish, and cement.

Other versions

1 more in the app: Fly Fish Food Tie.

Tying videos

• Bruiser Bach — Fly Fish Food (YouTube)
• Bruiser Bach — Paul campbell (YouTube)
• Bruiser Bach — Makflies (YouTube)
• Bruiser Bach — Fly Fish Food (Fly Fish Food (tutorial))

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