Bugmeister

Detailed instructions for tying the Bugmeister.
Hook: 3X-long nymph hook (here a Dai-Riki 710), size 12.
Thread: 6/0, olive.
Tails/underbody: Elk body hair, cleaned and stacked.
Post: Polypropylene yarn, white.
Body: Rabbit dubbing, ginger.
Underwing: Krystal Flash, pearl, 3 or 4 strands.
Wing: Elk body hair, cleaned and stacked.
Hackle: Dry-fly hackle, golden straw.
Thorax: Peacock herl.
Note: Change the colors to match the naturals.
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[@freddymartin7664]

Nice Tying Video, This Fly Pattern looks so Natural & Promising... Thanks for Sharing!👍

[@zafotbeeb]

I remember guides in the Missoula area called this pattern the Bagnal Bomber to aggrevate John but the pattern had a peacock herl body. Brings back memories from back in the 90's.

[@danebono7667]

I use Bugmeisters on the Colorado front range, when everyone else is throwing a Chubby, to give the trout something else to look at. Size 12 with a peacock body was the hot fly prior to yesterday's late afternoon caddis hatch.

[@grigri077]

nice job, great tyer you are... bravo !

[@tonymelcher1852]

Essentially a PMX without the legs? I guess there were a few different materials used. Thanks so much for all of the great videos. I have learned to tie from them!

[@centralmassanglers]

I bet adding some pheasant tail hopper legs into the mix would be great also.thanks for another awesome pattern my skills have seriously doubled since following you on youtbue and I been tying for 20 + years lol

[@tightlinevideo]

Great idea! Going to give that one a try. Come to think of it, banded rubber legs attached beneath the peacock and extending long in the back and short in the front wouldn't look too bad either. So much to tie, so little time. Glad you like the videos.

[@huntershuker2221]

That fly will be nice here in new Zealand.

[@ED85]

Adjusting the colors this could go as Adult Stone Fly. Thanks for pattern :)

[@SkidinDingo]

hopper, stonefly, caddis, mayfly, and possibly even minnow if you squint at it right from underneath, this could look like any of them, at least kinda.

[@chetkirby8675]

I have never seen one that uses dubbing for the body. I always use peacock herl for the body

[@brandonkalpin6220]

I have been researching the different types of dubbing lately, and I was wondering why rabbit dubbing would be used on a dry fly like the bug bugmeister. I love working with rabbit dubbing because of it's tight noodling making abilities, but it is more likely to take on water. I of course use floatant, but if you build the fly with less drown prone materials like beaver wouldn't that be better? Or do you want the body of the fly to break the water surface to sit in the water in a better position?

[@shawnb358]

Nice! Where do you get your tying materials from?

[@Jak-mk9rm]

Good video Can you do a good pattern from sweden that is easy to tie?? If you have the time of course

[@gregbelcamino7239]

Two comments. First, John's original Bugmeister had a second underwing of sections of peacock herl; it's another material to work in, but it seems to help with the effectiveness of the fly. I always add it on larger Bugmeisters, but omit it on smaller ones. Second, and more important, if this is going to be fished as an adult stonefly, always hackle with grizzly, and never with a solid colored hackle. John originally tied this with a peacock herl body to imitate the skwala stonefly. If you see a skwala (or most any other stonefly) on the surface, its legs will be moving, and light coming through the barred hackle will give the illusion of motion when viewed from below. That's John's theory, and I believe it's true. It's one of the more brilliant tying ideas I've ever heard.

[@slickydicky]

Everyone has their own takes on popular flies, this happens to be Tim's