Royal Blue Grizzly Chickabou-Marabou Body Patch

Royal Blue Grizzly Ewing Chickabou Marabou Body Patch

Royal Blue Grizzly is deep blue with dark bars, and it’s the closest thing in a feather to a bluegill’s flank. Bluegill have blue-tinged gill plates and dark vertical bars. Bass, pike and muskie eat bluegill all summer.

Royal Blue Grizzly Ewing Chickabou also works where bluegill don’t live: in South America, peacock bass tear up barred, colorful streamers, and blue grizzly is one of the best accents you can tie.

Bluegill, bass, pike, muskie and peacock bass.

Recipe 1: Royal Blue Grizzly Chickabou Bull Bluegill Bug

• Hook: Nymph or jig hook, #10–#12
• Bead: Small black or copper tungsten
• Thread: Black 8/0
• Tail: Royal Blue Grizzly Ewing Chickabou, short tuft
• Body: Natures Spirit Predator Dub, thin
• Legs: 2 thin black-and-blue rubber legs per side
• Collar: One turn of royal blue grizzly chickabou

Tying: Small and buggy. Big bluegill are not dumb. The whole fly should be under an inch.

How to fish: Around bedding areas and weed edges in late spring, cast it under a small indicator or let it sink on a floating line. Twitch it slowly. Bull bluegill hit hard and fight harder for their size than almost anything that swims.

Recipe 2: Royal Blue Grizzly Chickabou Peacock Bass Streamer

• Hook: Saltwater 2/0–3/0, strong wire
• Thread: White 140-denier
• Tail: Yellow chickabou or saddles, with Royal Blue Grizzly Ewing Chickabou on top
• Body: Yellow-green Natures Spirit Predator Dub, brushed out
• Bars: Royal blue grizzly chickabou tufts tied in at three points down the body
• Head: EP fiber or wool, with large 3D eyes

Tying: Peacock bass have three dark vertical bars and a lot of color. Tie in short chickabou tufts at three points along the body to make the bars.

How to fish: Peacock bass hit fast and hard near structure. Cast tight to fallen trees and rocks and strip fast and steady. Don’t pause long — they lose interest. Use a strong leader and a stiff rod.