I have tried wolly boggers but no strikes. Can ya;ll tell me how you rig them? Do you let them sink? I cast it out then retreve slowly but no takers.
vistin@netdoor.com
CR & Son
vistin@netdoor.com
CR & Son
wolly boggers
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Posts: 6 08/07/06 04:29:21 Registered Member |
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bill0215 |
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Posts: 504 08/07/06 06:01:35 Master Guide |
Where are you fishing, lake, river? what are you trying to catch? how big are your flies(hook size)?
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Bullet Nose |
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Posts: 465 08/08/06 14:01:59
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Although Wooly Buggers are not imitations, they are a sort of nymph-in-the-round. They also closely resemble a jig. I find they work best with a bead head or chain bead eyes, and a small red butt. Use a sink tip or full sink line, or a long leader on a floater. Let them sink a bit, fish them in short strips and jerks so they "bounce". |
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pearow |
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Posts: 449 08/08/06 15:20:30
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one of the problems I have with woly buggers is that with a lite tippet, the fly has a tendency to spiral with the palmered hackle around it. That twists the tippet. Anyone solved that problem? or had that problem?-p-
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Bullet Nose |
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Posts: 465 08/08/06 16:49:45
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I collar my hackle (instead of palmering) on wooly buggers-works just fine. |
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vistin |
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Posts: 6 08/09/06 17:30:53 Registered Member |
My son and I fish many different (lakes), (creeks), and ponds. We live in central Mississippi so we fish Barnett Resevoir and Crappie season is about here again. So all your help will be appreciated.
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bluegillbob |
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Posts: 523 08/09/06 20:53:56
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I fish my wooly buggers according to the structure I'm fishing. Drop offs...let the fly sink. Thick weeds...don't allow it to sink. Feeder creeks...strip it in as soon as it lands in the current. Shallow shorelines...strip it as soon as it hits the water. Rocks...let it sink.
Tight lines, Bluegillbob |
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Clyde |
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Posts: 74 07/30/07 20:30:33 Sport |
CR,
Miss. -- me too -- Jackson. Don't like R. Barnett, to many speed boaters, Jet skiies, etc.  Sometimes you just have to find the fish, by keep moving, and changing flies or depth -- unless you have a "fish finder." Then you can elimate a lot of unproductive water. Even in a small body of water, you can elimate unproductive water. That may be due to Temp., low oxygen, etc.  W.B. always work well. Keep fishing, searching. Keep your line wet -- you can't catch fish behind a desk!  In His Love, Clyde |
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Posts: 12 02/04/08 08:49:32 |
Wooly Buggers are a good 'fish finder' fly for Bass, Crappie and Bream, sometimes a catfish. I weight mine with two straight pieces of lead wiretied on
top of the hook so it rides hook point up. For an example hold three pencils together with two on top, the bottom one is the hook. I weight all my Bluegill
& Shellcracker flies this way and have fewer hangups, maybe 1 in 5 or 6 for regular wrapped lead. I also tie with barbless hooks of mash the barbs on plain
hooks. This may not stop the spiraling but it will cut down by half or more. I also tie an unweighted Bugger to match webworm caterpillars (3 or 4x long hooks
#8 or 10) and grease only the hackle tips to float the fly. Fish it where webs are and you Will get some explosive strikes!
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Posts: 25 02/28/08 23:00:16 |
If you are having trouble with line twist, move up to at least a 4x leader. The Woolly Bugger is my go to fly, and when I fish it in lakes...I cast out
parallel to shore, let it sink for a second, just above the bottom and slowly strip it back. Watch the line entering the water for a strike (hesitation,
flinch, tick, or any other odd movement), set the hook. You now have a bluegill on the stringer.
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brokentippet |
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Posts: 12 03/05/08 07:00:39 |
Here's an article about tying small buggers. It is from another forum that also has some great guys willing to share their secrets.
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