Step 6. Shape your wooly bugger’s head by wrapping thread around the head of the fly near the hook’s eye. Don’t go back too far – you don’t want to cover too much of the body with excess ...

According to the American Museum of Fly Fishing, the wooly bugger was invented in 1967 by Russell Blessing of Lancaster, Pa., who sought to imitate a cross between a hellgrammite and the Blossom fly.

Fly Tying I: Basic fly tying techniques, use of tools, types of hooks, choosing materials, etc. Start by tying a Woolly Bugger and progress to nymphs and dry flies.

The wooly bugger is arguably the best-known fly pattern in the world, often the first fly a beginning fly fisherman ties and fishes. It is easy to tie, easy to fish and remarkably effective for a ...

He also taught children how to fly-fish. “Today, I was tying mostly woolly buggers and some (Maine) maple syrups,” Kenney said.

So, here is a photo of my woolly bugger. I will never use him as an actual fly, because he was my first artistic masterpiece (ha ha all you want, I think he's beautiful) and I want to preserve him.