The UglyBug is a pattern I develped over the last bunch of guide seasons!
Tie some, they are deadly, easy to tie and materials are easy to source.
Materials: 3/0 Danville (from NH) waxed color to match body
Squirrel dubbing from gray, red and fox with UV highlights.
When collecting roadkills or bird feeder pests I freeze whole and shave
with a barber buzzer. The UV use little of this and that but REMEMBER:
LESS is MORE!
Soft Hackle can be woodcock as shown, hungarian or hen pheasant
Thorax/head a dark brown squirrel blend with black peacock uv
Build up a thread base, the waxed thread helps hold the dubbing. Dubbing loop and ruff it up to get that buggy look. If you get the dubbing right, the flash & fibers look very much like the air bubble on a hatching caddis pupa!
Tie the soft hackle tip end first...wrap forward and then wrap thread back over the hackle
to fold back. All feathers have a natural bend, an inner & outer side...don't work against it.
Loose dub a head / thorax and wrap a couple thread wraps through it to firm up. 2-3 wraps
RUFF IT UP!!!! Don't be shy
The blend is like asking your grandmother for a recipe:) its a pitch of this and that
Keys> small coffee / herb blender and a barber buzzer for 20 bucks. Frozen critter!
UGLY BUG ~ TIE ONE ON!
