Wooly Bugger Variant

[Big Brown Trout]

hey guys don't know if this exists already or not. keeping my hands busy so things don't end up like this:

anyway I sat down at the vice and on a whim turned this out:

let me know what you guys think...

Basically they are just regular wooly buggers but the marabou tail is substituted with a zonker strip. I did black and chartreuse ;partly because that is what I had on hand, and partly because I read that trout see chartreuse better than any color. Also these seem like they would be good in dirty water or at night.

I don't know if this fly exists yet or not, if not I guess I should name it. I have been thinking Bunny Bugger, Wooly Zonker, or Wooly wiggler. The only fly I could find that was similar was a bunny leech and I watched several ties but none were exactly like this. I plan to tie these in brown and olive also, I just did it in black and chartreuse because that is what I had on me and I like the two colors together.

I doubt I was the first to come up with this but anyway here is the recipe:

size 6 hook

chartreuse zonker strip

black marabou dubbed for body

2 black cock hackles

super heavy bass bread head

olive flashabou

[Brian Wise]

That'll hunt. Don't forget about smallies for that one.

[BassHunter132]

Looks awesome. I have a similar pattern I tie but I use two barred rabibit strips with craw colors for smallies. Here is a picture of an old one I dug up from last year.

[Big Brown Trout]

oh that's cool, I like that

[BassHunter132]

Thanks. It's kinda a bad example. It has been sitting in a container since last year. I use everything that a normal bugger uses but the hackle I tie with orange or natural and the the two rabbit strips. If you add a dubbing ball between the two strips it gives them nice action. I also add about 12-15 wraps of lead to get down on the bottom quickly.

[Buzz]

Both flies look great.