Hands down ... best instructional fly tying vids on RUclips.... Clear ... concise . Beautiful close up videos and well thought out narration ... great voice/voiceover. Thanks .. much appreciate your effort
just tied a olive bugger watching this video and it's one of the best ways to tie them and no novice to fly tying love all your tying videos keep up the good work
I also want to add that I live in Missouri and nearly all of our trout streams are stocked, but there are a couple that actually have a breeding population of wild trout. I've fished 3 of them regularly and the Woolly Bugger is one of my most effective patterns that works every time on every stream that I've used it. Lately it's been a size #10 in either an Olive or Black color scheme, sometimes other variations work as well, but I just switch colors until the fish tell me what they want. BTW - I fish mine without weight and instead I fish them on sinking line and a 3# leader, just strip, strip, strip till a fish hits and the strikes are sometimes vicious almost like a bass strike nearly yanking the rod out of my hands. Woolly Buggers are Awesome and I use them almost exclusively these days. Other fishermen around me start gawking and pointing at me when I'm the only one in the group that is hauling them out on a slow day, and that's an Amazing feeling!
Always thorough with the information, which beats the crap out of other videos that don't tell you why they do anything. And always top notch video quality and editing. THIS is how you make a fly tying video!
I don't know why but you voice with the motion of you puting meterials on the hook is very soothing. And fun to watch. I could watch your videos all day. Good knowledgeable tips too. Good stuff
Yeah! That's what I like to hear. As the season progresses, try root beer colored buggers, the trout just eat 'em up. Guessing they look a lot like crayfish. Glad you liked the video.
I find that if you retrieve them just off the bottom with a gliding motion, with pauses in-between, this pattern is effective where there are small crabs in the water.
I am getting back to tying now after a several year hiatus. I used to do all kinds of stuff with wooly buggers. I used to get the silicone skirt material used for bass jigs to match the chenile/hackle/etc and add "legs" to them. There's really no wrong way to tie one of these, they are one of the most adaptable streamers out there. I had a lot of days when all they took were #10 sized wooly buggers. It's awesome to have a big brown come out from a hide that you didn't think held a fish, just to take a swipe at it. The bugger packs are a great idea, especially if you are on a budget and want plenty of hackle to last you years of tying (if you tie at my pace, lol).
Nice - thanks. I prefer to do things a little differently. I tie in a sparse tail, probably 1/2-2/3 of yours. But I like the tearing of the tips tricks. I also like tying in a wire with the chenille, which traps the hackle when it arrives at the rear and provides the counter wraps. Monofilament is also useful for this.
Your instructions remind me tons of my fav youtuber TheMiteyQuin, he also does fly tying and I’ve started by watching him. I love this! Super organized!
This is one of the best Wooly Bugger videos I've seen. Very well produced and the appropriate amount of detail. I would love to see more videos from you. I tied about a dozen flies today based off of your video. Thanks!
Great video just picked up tying and this is my first bugger recipe and by far the best I have seen. My next fly I tie and learn is going to be the bivisible you tie very easy to follow thanks for the great videos!
Good technique and as you said there are many ways; very nice variation and leaves room to personalize. Good tips and thanks for the contribution to those at the vise.
I love this video and it has helped me gain Amazing Results at the local trout parks that I fish. I live in Missouri so we have a few but the main two that I fish are Bennett Springs and Montauk, this Olive wolly bugger works Everywhere I've fished it. I tie my own and have had fishermen from the other side of the river come all the way over just to ask me "Man, what are you using?" and I show them what I have tied on the end of my leader. They are All like "Wow! Where did you get that?" and I say......I make them myself. The conversation normally ends with "wish I could do that" or "Dang Man you are killing them" and it makes me feel good to know that I can create lures that I hand tie myself that will outfish most other fishermen that are buying their flies from the local bait shop. LOL
If i was told I could only use one fly for the rest of my life it would be the size 10 bh wooly bugger hands down. So many variations and I can not name one stream/lake/pond or a fish species that this fly will not work on. Great video.
I find that a beadless wooly booger tied in purple in sizes 8-14 works awesome @ dawn & dusk for catching bass, crappie, blue gills, & sunfish on lakes, ponds & small streams. Good fishing.
Great, easy to follow video.Tied two of these last night. The first one, I didn't capture the saddle hackle well at the head nor at the bend! Will be tying some more this week. Thanks.
These look great! I keep a few minor variations of this on hand as well for picky fish; A non-bead head version. And another, exact same but a 3-5 strands of ice marabou mixed into the tail.
I just started fly fishing (for bass) and just watching this makes me love the sport more. I can't wait until I get my own tying setup and produce my own wooly buggers. thanks for the instructional! :)
Wow new to fly fishing, thought making flies would be tough but it doesn't seem so !just step by step process only thing I see though here is getting the tools lol
Great instruction for an ultra classic fly. I must say I totally disagree with cutting the tail the way you did though. Maybe consider 'stacking' the tail fibers to ensure they flow well in the water. ( maybe stack two or three feathers to get the desired volume). If you cut some types of marabou, they end up too stiff.
Currently there are 85 more of our videos on RUclips. Just click the box at the top of the page that says 85 videos and you will have access to them all. Glad you like the bugger, hope you like the rest.
Very nice instructor and my personal preference is to leave the ends of the feather alone and make it a tad longer for the looks of an above average sized leach for that hungry monster. The beauty and advantage of tying is to have that little difference for the trout to see besides that same ol same ol fly shop bugger
One of my favorite flies. I had a 30+ rainbow trout day (all wild) on 1 olive wolly bugger that looked just like this. I'm curious if you don't think wrapping copper wire on the outside would help with keeping the fly in good shape?
Great professional videos, I'm a hug fan and I've watched the woolly bugger video probably 20 times so far. I'm getting close to making my own look better each time I tie another one. Thanks so much for making these videos, but I have a question and it's about your bobbin. I've been looking online to find one like the one you use in this video with the single arm and a threaded holder that screws in and it appears like it has some sort of drag or tension adjustment on it? The one I have is a dual arm that spreads apart with the buttons on each side and I hate it! My thread bobbin keeps popping out when I'm trying to make a tight wrap. Please share with myself and your subscribers what brand that is that you use and possibly do a short "How To" video on it, that would be awesome. Thanks, Mo
Do you have the hook mounted in the first groove of the vice? I'm trying to figure out which sizes work best mounted in the different spots on my Dyna-King vise
this guy might be the best instructor on you tube
agreed!
Rick Fascinato Whenever I don't understand a knot or a fly, I look up this guy and he knows exactly what I need to do.
pisicator
definitely
Davie Mcphail is the only tier on RUclips. This guy needs to learn how to secure a hackle properly.
Hands down ... best instructional fly tying vids on RUclips.... Clear ... concise . Beautiful close up videos and well thought out narration ... great voice/voiceover. Thanks .. much appreciate your effort
This is probably the best fly tying video for a wooly bugger out there. Not only is it informational, it creates a wonderful looking fly
The best instructor on RUclips. The best wooley bugger video too.
just tied a olive bugger watching this video and it's one of the best ways to tie them and no novice to fly tying love all your tying videos keep up the good work
This is the best fly tying tutorial I´ve seen on youtube!
probably the best bugger tie I've ever seen.
I also want to add that I live in Missouri and nearly all of our trout streams are stocked, but there are a couple that actually have a breeding population of wild trout. I've fished 3 of them regularly and the Woolly Bugger is one of my most effective patterns that works every time on every stream that I've used it. Lately it's been a size #10 in either an Olive or Black color scheme, sometimes other variations work as well, but I just switch colors until the fish tell me what they want. BTW - I fish mine without weight and instead I fish them on sinking line and a 3# leader, just strip, strip, strip till a fish hits and the strikes are sometimes vicious almost like a bass strike nearly yanking the rod out of my hands. Woolly Buggers are Awesome and I use them almost exclusively these days. Other fishermen around me start gawking and pointing at me when I'm the only one in the group that is hauling them out on a slow day, and that's an Amazing feeling!
I always use this pattern and expect to hook my first within an hour. Roger NcCleave. New Zealand
Where at have you fished? im in missouri also, just getting into trout fishing.
Excellent instruction-especially the technique for breaking the tips off of the marabou as well as leaving some bare stem for wrapping the hackle!!
You are truly a natural born teacher thanks
Always thorough with the information, which beats the crap out of other videos that don't tell you why they do anything. And always top notch video quality and editing. THIS is how you make a fly tying video!
I don't know why but you voice with the motion of you puting meterials on the hook is very soothing. And fun to watch. I could watch your videos all day. Good knowledgeable tips too. Good stuff
Yeah! That's what I like to hear. As the season progresses, try root beer colored buggers, the trout just eat 'em up. Guessing they look a lot like crayfish. Glad you liked the video.
I find that if you retrieve them just off the bottom with a gliding motion, with pauses in-between, this pattern is effective where there are small crabs in the water.
New to this and stumbled onto this. My kid and i just made 2 of our own. 1st trout caught on them will be a memory forever!
I found this at 9 years since posted and it proves to be timeless instruction !!!
Awesome instruction. This is my template and it’s worked great. Caught many trout based on your tutorial. Thank you!!
Thank you for your work. Nicely done, good lighting, good focus, good narration, and effective teaching. Great work.
Very nice! I just started tying my first flies and this video is impeccable.
I am getting back to tying now after a several year hiatus. I used to do all kinds of stuff with wooly buggers. I used to get the silicone skirt material used for bass jigs to match the chenile/hackle/etc and add "legs" to them. There's really no wrong way to tie one of these, they are one of the most adaptable streamers out there. I had a lot of days when all they took were #10 sized wooly buggers. It's awesome to have a big brown come out from a hide that you didn't think held a fish, just to take a swipe at it. The bugger packs are a great idea, especially if you are on a budget and want plenty of hackle to last you years of tying (if you tie at my pace, lol).
StormLaker1975
Nice - thanks.
I prefer to do things a little differently.
I tie in a sparse tail, probably 1/2-2/3 of yours. But I like the tearing of the tips tricks.
I also like tying in a wire with the chenille, which traps the hackle when it arrives at the rear and provides the counter wraps. Monofilament is also useful for this.
Thanks! Glad you like them.
Your instructions remind me tons of my fav youtuber TheMiteyQuin, he also does fly tying and I’ve started by watching him. I love this! Super organized!
This is one of the best Wooly Bugger videos I've seen. Very well produced and the appropriate amount of detail. I would love to see more videos from you. I tied about a dozen flies today based off of your video. Thanks!
Great video just picked up tying and this is my first bugger recipe and by far the best I have seen. My next fly I tie and learn is going to be the bivisible you tie very easy to follow thanks for the great videos!
Good technique and as you said there are many ways; very nice variation and leaves room to personalize. Good tips and thanks for the contribution to those at the vise.
Thanks! Most informative and detailed tying tutorial to date
I love this video and it has helped me gain Amazing Results at the local trout parks that I fish. I live in Missouri so we have a few but the main two that I fish are Bennett Springs and Montauk, this Olive wolly bugger works Everywhere I've fished it.
I tie my own and have had fishermen from the other side of the river come all the way over just to ask me "Man, what are you using?" and I show them what I have tied on the end of my leader. They are All like "Wow! Where did you get that?" and I say......I make them myself. The conversation normally ends with "wish I could do that" or "Dang Man you are killing them" and it makes me feel good to know that I can create lures that I hand tie myself that will outfish most other fishermen that are buying their flies from the local bait shop. LOL
If i was told I could only use one fly for the rest of my life it would be the size 10 bh wooly bugger hands down. So many variations and I can not name one stream/lake/pond or a fish species that this fly will not work on. Great video.
Oscar Buynevich agreed. Just caught my first two fish on an olive flash wooly bugger
Black #6 for me.
Oscar Buynevich milltown lake ireland
I really am thankful for this video. I am going to start tying my own flies following your instruction.
Very well produced and great detail. Well done video.
Thanks so much for posting this. It's a great method and very well explained. The tip about striping one side of the feather a little more is golden.
Thank you for the video. I'm taking a fly tying class offered by the Texas Flyfishers of Houston. This will be the first fly we tie.
I find that a beadless wooly booger tied in purple in sizes 8-14 works awesome @ dawn & dusk for catching bass, crappie, blue gills, & sunfish on lakes, ponds & small streams. Good fishing.
This is the first fly I ever tied and I learned from this
I found that black and olive green are a killer combo and the trout hit it really hard.
Yep
Nice to see Grant King's terrific vise in use.
Thank you. You just helped me tie a better wolly bugger.
What a great video. Very informative and helpful. This will be my very first fly that I tie. Thank you for sharing and I will definitely subscribe!
super clean work and you make it look easy..
Great, easy to follow video.Tied two of these last night. The first one, I didn't capture the saddle hackle well at the head nor at the bend! Will be tying some more this week. Thanks.
That is some nice hackle material.. I might just fess up and buy the Whiting.. It looks super nice!
These look great!
I keep a few minor variations of this on hand as well for picky fish;
A non-bead head version.
And another, exact same but a 3-5 strands of ice marabou mixed into the tail.
this is the best video on making these I have found. thanks so much for making it. helped me so much as I have been struggling to make nice ones.
awesome video. really liked that technique where u wrapped the hook with the single feather which looked really cool
An excellent video presentation ! Well done !
i also make tons of wooly buggers , but instead of adding wire wrap and chenille i use pipe cleaner and it does a great job..
pipe cleaner rusts real fast
Thanks for this! Woolly Bugger olive color with great instructions. I'm ready to start on it.
Great instructional video. Just learning to tie my on flys, can't wait to get out and use them.
I just started fly fishing (for bass) and just watching this makes me love the sport more. I can't wait until I get my own tying setup and produce my own wooly buggers. thanks for the instructional! :)
Awesome instructional video.
Love this use pattern every day not lying
thanks for info and great vid! as a novice angler i loo to alot of videos like these for my info.. keep up the good work!
you make this look easy.. I'm looking forward to trying this...
Glad you - freakin - liked it!!!
Wow new to fly fishing, thought making flies would be tough but it doesn't seem so !just step by step process only thing I see though here is getting the tools lol
this will change the way i tie flies forever
One suggestion try wrapping two or three times around just the base of the marabou and two wraps of hackle at the start
you make it look so easy
Fantastic videos....all of them, very informative and enjoyable, thanks for sharing your art, I sincerly appreciate it. Fish On!
Excellent instructor - thanks!
Your videos are great Thanks
now i know to properly tie in chenille thank you so much
Great instruction for an ultra classic fly. I must say I totally disagree with cutting the tail the way you did though. Maybe consider 'stacking' the tail fibers to ensure they flow well in the water. ( maybe stack two or three feathers to get the desired volume). If you cut some types of marabou, they end up too stiff.
Palmering is another option.
I wish I would have this much fly stuff!
Awesome description! Very helpful! Thank you.
This is incredible.
Got to love buggers.
Great tip for bluegill tie these in sizes 18-22
Love this video. Some folks add some crystal flash, 2 strands. You do not here. Any comment? Thanks!
Currently there are 85 more of our videos on RUclips. Just click the box at the top of the page that says 85 videos and you will have access to them all. Glad you like the bugger, hope you like the rest.
Very helpful video! Sure beats trying to copy pictures from a book like I have been doing! :-)
awesome fly cant wait to start making these but i had a question i have shaneal like that but the green stuff on it falls off it why is that?
OOOOOOOOoooooohhhh... So thats how there made, i was doing it completely wrong :p
On the fester did her tear one side off or leave both sides on and wrap it couldn’t tell first time trying to make my own flies
Very nice instructor and my personal preference is to leave the ends of the feather alone and make it a tad longer for the looks of an above average sized leach for that hungry monster. The beauty and advantage of tying is to have that little difference for the trout to see besides that same ol same ol fly shop bugger
grandes truchas he pescado con la mundialmente conocida Wolly Bugger..
Great video any chance to get a list of the items used for beginners
Boom!!! that's what matters. thank you👊
@ 1:45 on video !
One of my favorite flies. I had a 30+ rainbow trout day (all wild) on 1 olive wolly bugger that looked just like this. I'm curious if you don't think wrapping copper wire on the outside would help with keeping the fly in good shape?
I see you have used whiting bugger pack here,colour olive.If i were tying a black wooly bugger which colour would be best?
Ryan The Rock natural grizzly
Very good !
Thanks so much for doing all of these videos for us! What color is that bugger pack? I'd love to make these soon!
Fantastic ,,, great work keep it up
Nice video!!
Great instruction! I mainly use wb for rainbow trout in sweden. I have tried different rods, would you recomend a #5 or #6 weight?
i just started tying flies and i was wondering what the threader looking thing he uses to tie the loops with
It is called a bobbin and is part of the kit for a fly tying vice.
great video thank for this . which is the name of the song ? thank you again
Thank you for sharing
Thanks good information salutations from GDL Mexico.
beautiful video..best Ive seen..thank you
Fantastico!
Great professional videos, I'm a hug fan and I've watched the woolly bugger video probably 20 times so far. I'm getting close to making my own look better each time I tie another one. Thanks so much for making these videos, but I have a question and it's about your bobbin. I've been looking online to find one like the one you use in this video with the single arm and a threaded holder that screws in and it appears like it has some sort of drag or tension adjustment on it? The one I have is a dual arm that spreads apart with the buttons on each side and I hate it! My thread bobbin keeps popping out when I'm trying to make a tight wrap. Please share with myself and your subscribers what brand that is that you use and possibly do a short "How To" video on it, that would be awesome. Thanks, Mo
That looks like a "Rite" brand bobbin. They do have a very easy to adjust drag on them.
So what’s the difference with whip finishing your flies vs just tying them normally
What chenille are you using there Tim?Hareline medium or fine?
Do you have the hook mounted in the first groove of the vice? I'm trying to figure out which sizes work best mounted in the different spots on my Dyna-King vise
Any idea what the lead free hairline wire is made of? Seems just about as heavy as lead
Awesome. thanks for sharing!
Is tungsten all that different from brass? I accidentally bought brass beads today when I meant to get 3/16 gol tungsten beads.
Woow beautiful 👍
I find it better to tie in your hackle feather when you tie on your chenille. I think the final product looks cleaner that way.