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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chris Sandford gives his adaptation of the classic 'woolly bugger' fly - a traditional winter pattern. Choosing a fly for winter fishing is never a problem. The fish are down in deep water, and Chris ...

Woolly bugger. Woolly bugger. Woolly bugger. Admit it. It’s a great name. Fun to say. Fun to type. Fun to fish. It owes its start in the fishing world to that Great Dame, Juliana Berners, who may or ...

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 ...