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[Video] How to Tie Big Ben’s Brown Bugger

Fly Fish Food demonstrates how to tie a Big Ben's Brown Bugger (BBBB) in this fly tying video tutorial. If you are a fan of woolly bugger or leech patterns then you'll like this stillwater streamer pattern. It's big, it's buggy, and it catches fish.

Ken Sperry

Posted by Ken Sperry

May 27, 2014

big bens brown bugger

Fly Fish Food demonstrates how to tie a Big Ben’s Brown Bugger in this fly tying video tutorial. If you are a fan of woolly bugger or leech patterns then you’ll like this stillwater streamer pattern. It’s big, it’s buggy, and it catches fish.

The secret sauce to this pattern is Simi-Seal Dubbing, a really cool seal fur imitation dubbing that comes to life when it hits the water.

While this pattern was developed as a stillwater trout pattern I don’t see why this bugger wouldn’t work in rivers for trout or smallies, which is where I will be trying it out.

Enjoy!