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Pheasant Bugger Jig
Pheasant Bugger Jig
Tying Instructions
1. Place the bead onto the hook sliding the bead up to the eye of the hook. The slot will allow the bead to get past the jig bend.
2. Attach the thread behind the bead and build up a thread dam against the bead to secure it against the eye of the hook.
3. A drop of Super Glue into the slot cavity will help as well.
4. Select a section of pheasant tail fibers and measure them so that they just exceed the shank length of the hook.
5. Position the tail fibers to the bend of the hook and secure with a couple of tight thread wraps lifting upwards to seat the fibers to the top of the shank.
6. Secure the tag end of the tail fibers to the top of the shank to the 3/4 position and trim off the excess tag end.
7. Select a Marabou feather from the back side of a Ringneck Pheasant Skin. These are short, squarish dark brown marabou-like rump feathers from area just above the legs of the pheasant.
8. Attach the Marabou to the top of the hook shank behind the tail tie-in position. The tips of the marabou should extend about 3/4 of the tail length.
9. Next twist the tag end of the marabou and wrap this around the hook shank.
10. Continue to wrap the marabou stem around the shank toward the midshank and secure with some thread wraps.
11. You will need another Pheasant marabou rump feather to finish building the body of this pattern. Wrap the thread to just behind the bead.
12. Place the second marabou feather behind the bead and attach the tips to the hook shank.
13. Again, twist the marabou and wrap towards the midpoint of the hook shank.
14. Continue to wrap until the feather completly covers all of the shank. Wrap the thread in spirol wraps to the tag end of the marabou to secure the feather.
15. Trim off the tag end of the feather.
16. Continue to wrap the thread in spirol wraps to the bend of the hook and back to the bead. These wraps are basically ribbing wraps using the thread.
17. The ribbing compresses some of the marabou fibers and leaves other fibers to extend out from the shank.
18. Next, select a couple of rum feathers from the skin. Remove the fluff from the bottom of the quill and stroke the fibers back providing a small triangle of fibers that can be attach behind the bead.
19. Put the two feathers together and attach their tips just behind the bead with a couple of tight thread wraps. The feathers shiny side should face the eye so that the natural concave of the feather will sweep back towards the tail.
20. Apply 2-3 wraps, secure with thread wraps and trim off the tag end of the feathers.
21. Secure with a few more thread wraps behind the bead, sweeping the hackle fibers back towards the tai.
22. Apply a Whip Finish
23. Apply another drop of Super Glue to the thread collar behind the bead.
24. Brush out the fibers to flow into the tail.
25. Finished Pheasant Bugger.
| Materials
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| Hook | Daiichi 4660 size 4-6 |
| Thread | Uni Thread 6/0 Camel |
| Head | 5/32 Slotted Tungsten |
| Body | Pheasant Rump Marabou |
| Collar | Pheasant Rump Feathers |
| Tail | Pheasant Tail Fibers with Pheasant Rump Marabou |
Pheasant Bugger Jig
Gunnar Brammer’s Pheasant Bugger Jig is a streamer tied entirely out of pheasant. The pattern is super buggy and can be used in both stillwaters and running streams. It can be stripped, jerked, jigged, dead-drifted or swung.
Gunnar Brammer
Gunnar Brammer says, “This is probably my most productive pattern, period. This is the gateway drug to streamer fishing because you can’t fish it wrong.” The small size of the pattern allows the pattern to be a possible dragonfly nymph, burrowing mayfly nymph, sculpin, or even, a crayfish. The natural mottled coloration provides a multitude of possibilities and can be fished for both warm water species and trout.
The jig hook provides a lot of retrieval methods. You can jig the pattern along the bottom as a crawdad or strip the pattern for a baitfish. The pattern can also be swung or dead drifted as a nymph.
Another somewhat similar pattern is the Sparrow, tied by Jack Gartside, in the early 1970’s. Jack also used the Pheasant Rump Marabou for the tail and the Pheasant Rump feather for the hackle. Each rump feather has an aftershaft plume and Jack utilized that feather as a collar on the pattern. The primary difference between the Sparrow and the Pheasant Bugger is that the body of the Sparrow utilized a rabbit and squirrel dubbing blend. This was one of Jack’s most popular patterns but I can imagine that he would find a lot of pleasure in seeing what Gunnar has created as well.
Variations
Pheasant Bugger Jig, Hot Spot
| Hook | Daiichi 4660 size 4-6 |
| Thread | Uni Thread 6/0 Camel |
| Head | 5/32 Pink Mottled Slotted Tungsten |
| Body | Pheasant Rump Marabou |
| Collar | Pheasant Rump Feathers |
| Tail | Pheasant Tail Fibers with Pheasant Rump Marabou |
Sparrow
| Hook | Daiichi 1710 size 4-14 |
| Thread | Uni Thread 8/0 Olive Dun |
| Head | Aftershaft Plume |
| Body | Rabbit Dubbing, Hare's Ear and Squirrel Dubbing, Bleached Blend |
| Collar | Pheasant Rump Feathers |
| Tail | Pheasant Rump Marabou |