Midnight Cowboy
Midnight Cowboy
Tying Instructions
Materials
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Hook | Tiemco 5263 #4-6 |
Thread | Veevus Black 6/0 |
Body | Speckled Chenille, Midnight Fire |
Hackle | (2) Chinese Saddles, Black |
Tail | Black Marabou |
The Midnight Cowboy belongs to a class of bugger patterns known as Pyramid Lake Buggers. They originated in the early 2000’s at the Reno Fly Shop when tied by Terry Barron and Andy Burk. Pyramid Lake Buggers are known for being unweighted since fast sinking shooting heads are used to keep the flies near the bottom. They also incorporate multiple hackles so that if you lose one, there is another to replace it. And, they have short tails to avoid the short strikes that commonly occur. Some are tied without any tail at all.
The Midnight Cowboy Wooly Bugger is the most popular Wooly Bugger on Pyramid Lake. It is a great fly for the front or back of your two fly rig. The blue and red fibers in the chenille really make this fly look alive in the water. The fly got it’s name from the particular Speckled chenille Midnight Fire that makes up the body.
The Bloody Mary Wooly Bugger is a close variant of the Midnight Cowboy using a red thread underbody and peacock herl or the Speckled Chenille in Red/Black.
The Deep Water Midnight Cowboy was developed over the past few years in order to be able to fish in deeper water in the fall and spring. With the explosion of large Pilot Peak Cutthroat came the need to fish in a little deeper water in fall and spring. Deep Water Wooly Buggers fished with a normal shooting head allows anglers to fish in 15-30 feet of water from a Tube or Pontoon boat. This can be deadly in October/November and May/June.
Fish these flies in either deep water with a fast sinking shooting head or with a floating line for a jigging motion right off the shelf. Size 4 with a 4.5mm Tungsten Bead
Variations
Bloody Mary Bugger
Hook | Tiemco 5263 #6-8 |
Thread | Veevus Red 6/0 |
Body | Speckled Chenille, Red/Black |
Hackle | (2) Chinese Saddles, Black |
Tail | Black Blood Marabou |
Deep Water Midnight Cowboy,
Hook | Tiemco 5263 #6-8 |
Thread | Veevus Black 6/0 |
Head | 3/16 tungsten |
Body | Speckled Chenille, Midnight Fire |
Hackle | (2) Chinese Saddles, Black |
Tail | Black Marabou |