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Soft Hackle Wooly Bugger

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Red Tag

Classic: Few flies are as classical as the Red Tag, which was originated as a dry fly for grayling, but has been adapted to many other kinds of fishing. The fly dates back to the 1850's where it came out of the vice of Martyn Flynn. This variation is for sea run browns.
Read about the fly here.

Find "The CDC & Elk family" on this page

The CDC & Elk family

Improving the best: Hans Weilenmann's CDC & Elk is a fly as good as they come. Still a lot of people - including Hans himself and the author - have made variations. This article covers a whole bunch of CDC & Elk variations.
Meet the family here

This link takes you to "The Polar Conehead"

The Polar Conehead

Muddler: This is a muddler design type of fly that is more or less a derived idea based on something that has been copied many times, but never the less an efficient fly that has caught the author many fish.
See the pattern here

This link takes you to "The Ronker"

The Ronker

Zonker: Rubber legs and a zonker... in orange. The Ronker is a fly for deep dwelling trout, featuring some weight bright colors, mobile materials and not least rubber legs.
See the pattern here

More on tying with hen hackles

Soft Hackle Wooly Bugger

Type Wet fly

Tied by
Bob Petti

Difficulty
Easy

Target species
Brook trout
Brown trout
Panfish
Smallmouth bass

Materials

Hook 2xl or 3xl nymph hook, 6-12
Thread Red
Tail Black Marabou and a few whisps of pearl krystal flash
Ribbing Fine Gold Wire
Body Olive Chenille
Hackle Grizzly Hen Neck, Palmered
Head Black Bead

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