Deb's #9 Bugger

Deb's #9 Bugger

contributed by Bruce Banks

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Materials

HookAhrex SA220 Stainless Steel Size #8 - #10
BeadBrass Gold 5/32” Bead
ThreadUTC 140 Red
TailTwo Tone Rabbit Strip - Cotton Candy or Fleshy Pink Rabbit strip
BodySmall Crystal Chenille - Gold Metallic
HackleSmall Palmer Chenille - Pearl

Notes

Fished on an intermediate line or a floating line with an intermediate tip. It is a versatile bugger that has caught cutthroat, rainbow, dolly varden, steelhead and salmon, and the hook is changed by target: a stainless saltwater hook for salmon and steelhead, and a smaller 2XL streamer hook for trout.

Published in May 2025 (Vol 58 No 5), page 17.