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Golden Olive Bumble Muddler

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Published on Jun 14. 2017 - 7 years ago
Updated or edited 7 years ago

Muddlers

A variant of the Kingsmill Moore pattern, the golden Olive bumble that was popularised in his great book 'A man may fish' A cracking dry fly attractor that hardly ever fails as a top dropper. Pulled through the surface as a wake fly it will attract even deep lying fish up to inspect it.

Originator

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In this video I am tying a fly that is mostly inspired by Kelly Galloup's Cougar Minnow.

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Gapen's Muddler Minnow

This is an article about Don Gapen's original Muddler Minnow - a fly that is tied in countless versions and has inspired thousands of patterns, but only few that resemble the original

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The Polar Conehead

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Bass Bug Basics

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A nice intro to tying bass bugs, but not exactly impressing. It does contain some good tips, but dull B/W print and small page count disappoints me in this book on one of my favtorite fly-tying subjects: tying with deer hair.

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