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Don Freschi's Bi-Hackle Woolly Bugger

Streamer · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Tyer Recipe

• Hook 3XL streamer hook, 6-10
• Thread Black 6/0

Materials

• Tail Marabou (1 plume)
• Body Chenille (1 length)
• Rear hackle Contrasting rear hackle (1 feather)
• Palmer hackle Main color (1 feather)

How to tie it

1. Start thread at the eye and wrap a base back to the bend.
2. Tie in a marabou tail one hook-length long at the bend.
3. Tie in a contrasting rear hackle and take two or three turns as a wound collar over the tail base.
4. Tie in the palmering hackle and the chenille at the bend.
5. Wrap the chenille forward to two eye-widths behind the eye and tie off.
6. Palmer the second hackle forward in open even turns over the body and tie off.
7. Form a neat head and whip finish.

Tying videos

• Don Freschi's Bi-Hackle Woolly Bugger — Sport Fishing on the Fly (YouTube)

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