The bugger to end all buggers!

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The Global FlyFisher forum has existed for almost as long as the site, and the oldest posts are more than 20 years old. Forums aren't what they used to be. Social media has taken over a lot of their roles, and the GFF form is very quiet ... to put it mildly.
We keep everything online for the sake of history, and preserve the posts for as long as possible, but as you will see, quite a few of them aren't in a good shape, but rely on old images hosted elsewhere, which are no longer available, odd codes from old systems and much more, which can't be shown in a decent way.
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Martin

Patterns

Help required!

Now that I've been tying for a month or so I'm starting to overthink the whole process. Through my research I've read that the bugger is the main stay for beginners...what which pattern? So, I throw the question to all of you. If I had to bulk up on one or two go to woolly bugger patterns which would they be (colours that is)?

Thanks agian,

MJP

yes as near as I can figure from my reading is the bugger is a leech pattern tied so that on the strips in it undulates like a leech swimming. I f this is wrong on my part will some one set me straight. :)

yes as near as I can figure from my reading is the bugger is a leech pattern tied so that on the strips in it undulates like a leech swimming. I f this is wrong on my part will some one set me straight. :)

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