Baby Buggers

[Wooly Bugger]

Does anyone use or tie Wooly Buggers size 16 and smaller? If so, how successful have they been?

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Does anyone use or tie Wooly Buggers size 16 and smaller? If so, how successful have they been?

I've been wondering that same thing for the small stream trout.

[Wooly Bugger]

I've bween wondering that same thing for the small stream trout.

You can't find those sizes in many, if any, fly shops. I am going to add about 12 dozen to my site. I think they would work great on a 4 wt and a small stream.

[Leonard]

I do know about a wooly...

But I do to a little size 14 and a 16 sculpin (with small bead chain eyes)...

Around Taneycomo Ive seen little baby sculpins.. in late summer/early fall... seems to be the time of year when I seen them the most (maybe when they hatch)..

Its lite enough to drift under a float.. yet heavy enough to a couple of feet of water

I havent tied to tye anything small than that..

[timsfly]

I use the #16's and smaller buggers all the time, on crane, taney Roaring, Bennett

the seem to work everywhere for me, I've kept #14's in the shop for years, but on

occasion will tie some #16's or smaller for a customer, here is the #20 on a TMC 3769

and the #16 on a TMC 5263, or it might be a diachi hook, not sure, but it is a 3X hook

I use them with and with out beads, just depends on how fast I want them to sink, I had

a bit of good luck with some #18 brown buggers on the san juan this year, and just tore them

up on 20's at taney last week

[Wooly Bugger]

I use the #16's and smaller buggers all the time, on crane, taney Roaring, Bennett

the seem to work everywhere for me, I've kept #14's in the shop for years, but on

occasion will tie some #16's or smaller for a customer, here is the #20 on a TMC 3769

and the #16 on a TMC 5263, or it might be a diachi hook, not sure, but it is a 3X hook

I use them with and with out beads, just depends on how fast I want them to sink, I had

a bit of good luck with some #18 brown buggers on the san juan this year, and just tore them

up on 20's at taney last week

Great photos Tim! With these smaller buggers, do you use a sinking line or a tiny split shot?

[timsfly]

I carry an intermediate and a sinking tip for my fly lines, I don't use them all the time, but at Roaring, Crane, Bennett, and some of the other

small creeks I fish they can come in handy, usually a 9' 6X leader and a floating line is all I need, I prefer the soft lead over split shot, but

some type of weight is needed sometimes.

[Lucky Fly]

Wooly Bugger,

I use a small squirrel strip streamer tied on TMC 200R size 16 and an ostrich bugger on scud hooks 16 and 18. Send me your address and I will send you a few.

tight lines

steve

[dennis boatman]

I've tied buggers on a 1/80th or 1/100 oz jigs...my go to fly when fishing is tough...any color will work as long it's black...

[TArcher]

Wooly Bugger,

I use a small squirrel strip streamer tied on TMC 200R size 16 and an ostrich bugger on scud hooks 16 and 18. Send me your address and I will send you a few.

tight lines

steve

Would you mind posting a pic of tbose? I'm just curious what they look like. Thanks