A hungry fish hammered my Woolly Bugger and the fight was on. “Now Chris will see what fly-fishing is all about,” I said under my breath. “Boy, is he going to be surprised.” And he was.

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 thread.

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 ...

A bead-headed wooly bugger will drop through the foam to a fish looking for a little morsel to chomp on. A Conveyor Belt of Fish Food.

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.

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 ...

I confessed to Gable that I love fishing wooly buggers, too. “There’s nothing wrong with a wooly bugger,” Gable said. “What makes a wooly bugger a good fly is it’s hard to fish it wrong.” ...

I confessed to Gable that I love fishing wooly buggers, too. “There’s nothing wrong with a wooly bugger,” Gable said. “What makes a wooly bugger a good fly is it’s hard to fish it wrong.” ...

Bunny streamers and Wooly Buggers in bright colors of chartreuse, orange, and pink work well in the spring. Mid-summer through fall, natural sculpin colors and black tend to outfish the bright colors.

The Woolly Bugger, named for a popular artificial bait used in fly fishing, is already serving guests venturing to Sankoty Lakes for glamping, swimming, trout fishing and other recreation.

Joshua Ryan puts the finishing touches on a wooly bugger fly during last weekend’s Trout Unlimited youth camp. Brandon Materniak holds a brook trout caught in Bowman’s Creek. It was Materniak ...