THE WOOLY BUGGER IS A COMMON FLY that is a standard pattern for most fly fishermen. Few flies possess the versatility of the wooly bugger and because of this quality, it's the one fly that I need to ...

Prince nymph, woolly bugger, marabou muddler, mustard caddis, hippie stomper, rainbow warrior-sometimes I feel like I'm ...

It's simple, easy to tie, kinda rough looking, and will catch fish when nothing else will. The Woolly Bugger is what I call an insurance fly. Catching a fish is never 100% guaranteed, no matter what ...

As seasoned fishermen know, tailoring your fly box to the region and river you are fishing is important when angling for trout. Trout’s feeding habits change throughout the year and can be affected by ...

While visiting my brother years ago, my family and I went fishing in a small lake located just down the hill from his home. The lake, kind of an overflow area adjacent to the Colorado River, is known ...

A new wooly bugger, right, and one that was torn to pieces by hungry fish in about an hour. The Wichita Eagle Evening shadows were almost across the water by the time I arrived. My black-thumb ...

The first time I went fly fishing, my buddy summed up the sport in five words: “hurling money into the river.” That definitely felt like the case as I proceeded to lose $10 worth of store-bought flies ...

Jul. 7—RUSSELL — Sitting at a table in the back of Eridanus, Jason Stacy clips a fish hook into a small vice. He takes a spool of black thread and winds it tight around the shaft of the hook, all the ...

With a critical eye, fourth-grader Michael Marks studies the woolly bugger fly he has just finished tying. "This one, I decided, needs a haircut every so often," he declares, only half in jest. Indeed ...