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Buggers

Woolly Buggers

Few fly patterns have earned their place in more fly boxes — and more fish — than the Bugger. Whether you’re swinging a Woolly Bugger through a deep Montana run, stripping one along a weed edge, or dead-drifting it through a plunge pool, this fly flat-out catches fish. Trout, bass, pike, carp — if it swims, a Bugger will move it.

Our Bugger selection covers the full spectrum: classic Woolly Buggers in the colors that work, Bead Head variations that get down fast in heavy water, Articulated Buggers built to pulse and breathe on every twitch, and specialty patterns tied for specific hatches, seasons, and conditions. Every fly in this category is tied on quality hooks with materials selected for durability and movement — because a fly that falls apart on the third fish isn’t worth the box space.

Buggers excel as searching patterns when you don’t know what the fish are eating, and as confidence flies when nothing else is working. Strip them, swing them, twitch them, or let them sink — they produce on nearly every technique and in nearly every condition.

If there’s one fly category every angler — beginner or expert — should never fish without, it’s this one.

Shop our full Bugger selection below and stock up before your next trip.

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