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Fly Tying Corner: Complex twist bugger
Complex Twist Bugger
Materials List
Hook: Firehole 718, size 8-10, or Daiichi 1710, size 6-8
Thread: Ultra 210 Denier in black or olive
Weight: 3/16’s gold conehead and 10 wraps 0.25 lead
Wire
Tail: Marabou in fiery brown topped by medium olive
Flash: 5-6 strand olive Krystal flash
Body: medium olive chenille, uv polar flash – dark
olive and whiting grizzly dyed olive Schlappen tied in
a complex twist
Collar: Whiting coq de leon hen cape in speckled brown
or natural pardo
Tying Instructions:
Tying instructions and steps are being published in video form and can be found on the Sunriver Anglers Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/SunriverAnglers/, or on YouTube https://youtu.be/9RHX0TxMf-k
By Phil Fischer
It is that time of year when
I look outside my fly-tying
studio and see the first signs of
fall and that gets me thinking
of fly fishing our local lakes.
It is a great time to sit down
and tie flies for those big fall
brown trout that are prevalent
on several of our local waters.
In that spirit, I have been busy.
For this month’s column, I decided to feature a pattern that
I recently learned, the complex
twist bugger. I have fished this
pattern for a couple years and
know it works.
The profile of this pattern
moves a lot of water when
fished. And I know some of
those large brown trout in
East Lake, Paulina, Diamond
and Wickiup are impressed
with this fly. It imitates chubs
on several of our area lakes
or tied in a smaller size, large
dragonfly nymphs that large
brown trout feast upon, or
perhaps immature smallmouth
bass in Lake Billy Chinook that
capture the attention of those
big bull trout.
This pattern is not your
usual wooly bugger. I tie it
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with a conehead and numerous
wraps of lead-free wire to get
the fly to sink quickly. It offers a two-toned marabou tail,
with fiery brown topped with
olive marabou and framed with
some Krystal flash.
The body is tied with three
materials: medium olive chenille, UV polar flash in dark
olive, and a grizzly dyed olive
Schlappen feather.
Schlappen is a feather of the
saddle of a rooster that is not
quite saddle hackle, and not
quite tail, but is something
in between. It features long,
webby fibers that are perfect for
wooly buggers or complex twist
buggers. These three materials
are tied on together and then
wound to create the complex
twist.
I take a dubbing brush to
brush out everything to create
the buggy profile of this pattern. Lastly, it features a collar
of a whiting coq de leon cape
hen feather in speckled brown.
This collar gives the fly character and substance.
Try tying this pattern on your
vise and fish it during the upcoming season on your favorite
Central Oregon stillwater. I
think you will like it. One of
the cool things about this fly
is experimenting and adapting the materials and colors to
invent your own version of the
complex twist bugger. Fish this
throughout the season as an
alternative to your usual wooly
bugger pattern.
If you have questions or
would like additional information about the Complex Twist
Bugger fly pattern, please do
not hesitate to email me. Or, if
you have suggestions on future
patterns to feature in this column, I welcome your input. I
can be reached at Philfischer@
sbcglobal.net.
Learn new lake fishing techniques
with Jeff Perin at November meeting
By Rynie Miyashiro
The Sunriver Anglers will
welcome Jeff Perin of the Fly
Fisher’s Place in Sisters for its
November general meeting.
Members and the public are
invited to listen to Perin speak
about fly fishing on Central
Oregon’s lakes.
In his updated lake fishing
presentation, Perin plans to
emphasize new nymphing
techniques such as the “Deep
Dangle” and the use of a “Drop
Back Bung.”
Sound interesting?
Come and join the members
of Sunriver Anglers as they
return to their winter schedule
at SHARC. Beginning with the
November meeting, doors will
open at 4:15 p.m. with the presentation starting at 4:30 p.m.
and ending at 5:30 p.m. The
next meeting is Wednesday,
Nov. 5. Admission is free but
bring a few bucks for the popular bucket raffles. Refreshments
and fish stories will be served.
Perin is the owner of The Fly
Fisher’s Place in Sisters and has
been in the fishing business
since 1986. When not in the fly
shop, Perin is guiding on local
lakes or fishing the Metolius.
In the winter, Perin spends
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