Is this a bonefish bugger?
I guess I should really call this a woolly bugger for bonefish, as my recent internet search reveals that the bonefish bugger looks much different. In fact the bonefish bugger seems to have many faces. I have seen the name given to a Lenny Moffo pattern that has rubber legs and looks nothing like a woolly bugger. There is another commercial bonefish bugger pattern out there that looks like a woolly bugger all dressed up for a night out on tinsel town. It's got krystal flash and a couple of grizzly hackles tucked in the marabou tail. I'll have to do some more digging to get to the bottom of this one..... at any rate I grew up fishing for trout and the bugger patterns I tied always found there way to the top row in my fly box. The "bugger" pattern above is tied in the same fashion with stainless steel beadchain eyes and the prominent ginger and pink bonefish colors. This fly has done well on the flats in the Bahamas, it is certainly not an original by any means.... maybe it should be called the bonefish woolly bugger?