A new idea for Woolly Buggers.

[piscatus absentis]

Late on last season I discovered that Angel Hair is just as good as marabou for the tail of a W.B.  A second discovery was that adding an under-tail of Glow-Brite floss made it a bit more attractive to the troot.  Try Angel Hair Firefox Peacock and shade number 12 (fluo green) floss.

On the loch some troot like the W.B. deep and v-e-r-y slow.  I use a sink tip but was losing a lot of flies through them hanging up on the bottom.  What I do now is to add an under-body of black foam to bring the fly off the bottom a touch (like a booby but not buoyant).

So far it has been working well.  Might be worth a try for some of you loch fishers when the water is cold and the troot are deep.

[scotfly]

Try adding some rubber legs to it too, especially for river work.  :shock:

[Wildfisher]

Our Kiwiw guide mate John swears by Arctic fox. He tied me up a few streamers with it and it seems as mobile as marabou but very durable.

[scotty9]

The salt water guys swear by angel hair and similar products. Planning getting some soon to tie up some salt flies with.

I love magnum rabbit strips, if they have long hair the movement in a river current is awesome!