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Hen Bugger Espanol

Streamer · Trout · Smallmouth Bass · Largemouth Bass · Pike · Beginner · 2 versions

Reference Recipe

  • Hook 2X-long streamer hook, 8
  • Thread Brown 140 denier

Materials

  • Woolly bugger marabou (tail) Brown marabou (1 clump)
  • Whiting Red Label hen saddle hackle Brown (natural) whiting red label hen saddle hackle (1 feather)
  • Voodoo streamer dub (body) Dark brown copper UV voodoo streamer dub (sparse dubbing loop)

How to tie it

  1. Start the thread on a 2X-long size 8 hook and tie in a long marabou tail (about one-plus shank length), breaking the butts thin with your thumbnail.
  2. Tie in a brown hen saddle hackle by the tip at the tail.
  3. Make a sparse dubbing loop of Voodoo streamer dub, twist and lightly brush it out, then wrap it forward to form the body; whip finish to lock.
  4. Palmer the hen hackle forward in evenly spaced turns to just behind the eye and tie off (counter-wrap fine wire through the hackle for durability if desired).
  5. Pull everything back, build a small head, break off the hackle tip, whip finish and brush the fibers back.

Other versions

1 more in the app: Fly Fish Food Tie.

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