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Gray Ugly
Gray Ugly
Tying Instructions
1. Attach a silver tinsel on the shank in front of the hook point. Wrap the tinsel to about the halfway position of the hook bend and wrap back to where you started.
2. Attach a bundle of Grizzly Hackle fibers to the start of the hook bend for a tail. The tail length should be about the same as the hook shank.
3. Attach a Grizzly hackle that is about one size larger than the hook gap at the bend of the hook. Give three wraps and anchor. Trim the the hackle tag.
4. Attach two Peacock Herls by the tip just in front of the Rear Hackle. Also attach a piece of silver wire that will be used for ribbing.
5. Wrap the peacock herl forward with tight wraps to about 1/8″ behind the eye.
6. Bring the Silver wire ribbing forward with even wraps and attach a Grizzly hackle in front of the herl body for a Fore Hackle. This Hackle should be one size smaller and the Aft Hackle or Rear Hackle. Complete with a thread wrapped head. Whip Finish.
| Materials
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| Hook | Daiichi 1180 #8-18 |
| Thread | Danville Gray 6/0 |
| Body | Peacock Herl |
| Ribbing | Fine Silver Wire |
| Tail | Grizzly Hackle Fibers |
| Butt | Silver Tinsel |
| Hackle | Grizzly Hackle, Fore and Aft |
Gray Ugly
Like the Sierra Bright Dot, the Gray Ugly is a Fore and Aft pattern in which there are a Front and Rear Grizzly hackle. The body is peacock herl. Grizzly Hackle and Peacock Herl, what could go wrong? Not much is known about the Gray Ugly except that it was a popular pattern in the 1940’s and 50’s. Most likely, it was an adaptation of the Renegade pattern from 1930. The smaller sizes #14-18 might represent midge clusters but the larger sizes #8-12 is just a general attractor that looks super buggy. These larger sizes work well in both stillwaters and streams.
Recent Variation
Ken Miller of Chatsworth, CA created a variation using a beadhead body and golden tippet tails. According to Ken, he’s had great success in the Sierra with this fly. You probably won’t find any Gray Ugly patterns in fly shops but it’s a simple pattern to tie and great keep in the flybox.
Variations
Beaded Gray Ugly
| Hook | Daiichi 1180, sizes 12-14 |
| Thread | Uni-thread Gray 8/0 |
| Body | Peacock Herl and Caddis Green Glass Bead |
| Tail | Golden Pheasant Tippets |
| Hackle | Grizzly hackle, Fore and Aft |