Comments on: [Video] Daddy, what is a Wooly Fly?

By: Fly Tying Material of the Week: Ostrich Herl

Fly Tying Material of the Week: Ostrich Herl — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:12:56 +0000

[...] Video. The stiffer stem of Ostrich also make it a great substitute for marabou in the tail of a Woolly Bugger and keeps the tail from collapsing when fishing a bugger on an upstream dead [...]

By: Fly Fishing Reporter

Fly Fishing Reporter — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:10:20 +0000

Wow, thank you for replying Gary! Jack will be very impressed. I foresee a long conversation about “Ugly” flies; I may need to save that one for when he is a little older or when I have a few hours to answer the ‘but why’ line of questions that will surely follow.

Thanks again for replying, I’m humbled.

By: Gary Soucie

Gary Soucie — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:13:45 +0000

Because of the Woolly Worm and Woolly Bugger, the term “woolly fly” applies to both of them and to related patterns (mostly palmered flies). At least in fly tying and fly fishing. The Woolly Worm pattern was, of course, named after the woolly bear caterpillar, sometimes called woolly worm. Perhaps you can impress Jack by informing him that the ratio of black to brown in a woolly bear’s bristles have nothing at all to do with the severity or temperature of the coming winter.

Here another one for you to dazzle jack: When the word “Ugly” is appropriately applied to a fly’s name, it implies that the hackle is cut short–not that the fly is less than nice-looking. But for some reason, contemporary tiers are applying the term literally.

By: Ken Sperry (SperryWater) « [Video] Daddy, what’s a Wooly Fly? « Chat Catcher

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:08:49 +0000

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