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SBS - Stone Bugger

I thought i'd post my first step by step, of a very effective and deadly fly... the stone bugger. Fishing it on a dead drift then letting it swing up is very effective...

This fly is in no way difficult, but will take you some time to build up proportions, it does take some time but is worth it.
Materials:
Hook: any hook from size 6-10 in streamer hook, straight eye or down eye.
Body: Squirrel Blend in Golden Olive
Legs: Ring Neck Pheasant cut in a V
Tail: Burnt Orange Marabou
Shellback: Brown Raffia (Swiss straw)
Thread: Black Uni 8/0

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Prep:

To make the legs, you need to turn them into a V in these steps shown. You need 4 or 5 of these.
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You need to then spread out your raffia and cut it in half
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Steps.

1. Tie a Base Layer of thread along the shank
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2. Tie in your marabou up the shank, tail should be anywhere from 1/2 shank length to a full shank, personal preference.
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3.Next, take your raffia, tie it in all the way up the shank, make sure you have a solid length so you have a good amount to work with.
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4. Dub your Golden olive squirrel blend into a section
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5. take a set of legs, and put them tie them down on top of the dubbing section.
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6. Fold your raffia forward, and then tie it up the shank a about 1/4"
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23. Cut the raffia and form a head, Whip finish and your done!
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and there you have it.

The stone bugger.

You can substitute different colors to match the bugs in your water. I find this color is the most effective.

Nicely tied, I tie mine with mohair instead of dubbing.

Very effective kick boat lake fly.

Sick tie Jeremie! :)

very slick. i've seen a variant of that tie using many of the same materials that gets eaten often too. :)

Dace

Nice buggy looking fly, you should call it the General Practitioner Stone tho, as it's a very similar tying process to the G.P. which is a very effective steelhead pattern.

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Originally Posted by Flyrod1970 (Post 1690261)

Nice buggy looking fly, you should call it the General Practitioner Stone tho, as it's a very similar tying process to the G.P. which is a very effective steelhead pattern.

Not my pattern, this is the original.

http://www.sfotf.ca/fly-tying/2009/7...ne-bugger.html

My variation is a lot quicker. Doesnt use the glued turkey feather.

For those of us with no patience and less talent, are they ways to tie a fly that looks similar but is much easier to tie.

For example, when I started tying dry caddis flys my technique got simpler and simpler. I had an infinite supply of elk hair and I began to use it for everything. The fly floated well, and caught fish.

The only thing wrong with it is I'm embarrassed to show it to any one.

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Originally Posted by densa44 (Post 1690739)

This fly is simple to tie, and by no means complicated or hard in my mind, Its really just 4 steps. Just repeated over and over. If you sit down and just tie them, it only takes 5-7 minutes per fly, its definitely not too long.

Densa, never be embarrassed about your flies if they work and catch fish. Take pride in the fact that you constructed something that fish will go after.

Hell you should see my Zombie Chicken streamer, it would make an elitist fly fisher vomit out of complete disgust.

My hoppers have almost morphed into a large caddis! I was fishing the burnt timber on a dry windy day in August. As I walked to the stream, I moved the cows, they were following me, clouds of hoppers came up and some drifted on to the stream. The water just foamed. Wow, my flys didn't have to look very good that day. I caught my first Alberta brown trout, actually first brown ever.

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Originally Posted by densa44 (Post 1690739)

If it catches fish it's a good fly. In tying the old adage "practice makes perfect" hits the mark. Some of us have tied longer than others. Just like any other thing. If you enjoy it do it, if not buy em.

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Having the right equipment makes a difference as well, I never used to tie anything smaller than sz 14 because I just found it too difficult. Last year I purchased a tying light that has a magnifying lens in it and what a difference that made. Now I actually find it quite easy to tie flies all the way down to sz 22!