Woolly Bugger

Streamer

$6.50 each

The most-cited Michigan salmon fly: black, olive and purple buggers for Chinook and coho, 'essential' on the Pere Marquette, swung or dead-drifted into staged fish from September through October, especially in off-color water. A #8 beadhead in black, olive or pink is the standard pink salmon fly on the St. Marys and Carp in September, and #8 to #12 buggers serve brook trout and small browns all season. Downsize and slow down for trout, upsize and add a hot head for salmon.

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Quantity

6 × $6.50 = $39.00

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Fish it for

Chinook salmon Coho salmon Pink salmon Steelhead Brown trout Rainbow trout (resident)Brook trout Atlantic salmon

Setups

Streamers · Swinging flies (spey / switch) · Indicator nymphing · Chuck and duck

When to fish it on the Two Hearted River

Part of the Two Hearted River box. Months the fly finder calls for this pattern here, for brook trout, rainbow trout (resident), steelhead, chinook salmon, coho salmon.

Pattern notes

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