How to Tie the Rubber Bugger

How to Tie the Rubber Bugger fly tying video
StreamersBuggerJuly 2, 20248 min video

This week Ben is back in the studio, tying his version of the Rubber Bugger in a striking colorway that crushes! The Rubber Bugger is a variation of the traditional Woolly Bugger, enhanced with rubber materials that make it perhaps a little more sexy than the woolly booger; wait is that even possible??? The addition of rubber legs or appendages provides extra movement and vibration in the water, making the fly more enticing to fish and perhaps just more attractive to us!

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Rubber Bugger recipe

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