In the years since that little bass tried to eat my Woolly Bugger, that fly pattern has proven to be effective for multiple fish species. Obviously trout and largemouth bass are on the list, but ...

It's simple, easy to tie, kinda rough looking, and will catch fish when nothing else will. The Woolly Bugger is what I call an insurance fly. Catching a fish is never 100% guaranteed, no matter ...

But that is also what a wooly bugger may resemble, especially if tied with a silvery thread or hackle. It may also resemble the ever-successful angle worm and it can resemble a stonefly nymph.