A synopsis of patterns for the Xmas Wolley / Egg-Sucking Leach Fly Swap 2002:
Matt Pedersen
aka. mp
- Chicago, IL
Pattern #1 – Inverse Chartreuse Egg Sucking Leach – 2 enclosed
Tail – White Marabou
Body – Chartreuse Chenille
Hackle – Light Gray
Head – Black Chenile
Thread – Black 6/0
Tag – Red Floss (I use red tags to denote weighted flies)
Weighted – one layer back to front wrap 0.15 lead.
Comments – This is a variation of the traditional Egg Sucking Leach colors, being an inverse with dark head and light body. It is my answer to the “Dark Day, Dark Fly, Light Day, Light Fly” adage.
Pattern #2 – Red & Black Wolley Bugger – 1 enclosed
Tail – Black Marabou
Body – Red Chenille
Hackle – Black
Thread – Black 6/0
Comments – This is my salmon shotgun, and at least one of you who reads my reports asked for it! I first noticed another angler fishing this pattern at the Root River in Racine WI. He sat right next to me and pulled out 2 Kings and a Brown, while I caught nothing that day. In a mad dash I had a guy out west tie a whole mess of these for me, and when I got the materials I tied even more. Needless to say, roughly half the Coho Salmon I landed this year came on this pattern!
Pattern #3 – Purple Krystal Body Wolley Bugger – 1 enclosed
Tail – Hot Purple Marabou
Body – Med Purple Krystal Flash Chenille
Hackle – Black
Thread – Black 6/0
Comments – I came across the Krystal Flash Chenille and thought it just looked “insecty”. Well, I tied up about 5 of these late in the season and fished them; they look GREAT underwater. This was the pattern I used at the mouth of the Pike River, flycasting into Lake Michigan, where I caught the first Brown Trout of my life; a 9 lb male; you can check him out at -
Dave Beneway
aka. dragfree
- Danbury, CT
Pattern #4 – Purple Glue-Head Egg Sucking Leach – 1 enclosed
Tail – Purple Marabou
Body – Purple Chenille
Hackle – Purple
Head – Peach Glue Head
Pattern #5 – Black Glue-Head Egg Sucking Leach – 1 enclosed
Tail – Black Marabou
Body – Black Chenille
Hackle – Black
Head – Red/Orange Glue Head
Joshua Mundt
aka. silversided
- Oshkosh, WI
Pattern #6 – Wolley Wife – 2 enclosed
Tail – White Marabou & Silver Tinsel (fine)
Body – White Chenille
Rib – Silver Tinsel
Hackle – White
Collar – White or Silver Flashabou
Thread - Pink
Comments: Caught over a dozen steelheads, half-dozen cohos and 2 browns on this fly this fall. It’s a sweet and simple pattern.
Ed Clary
aka. Reel Easy
- Amherst, OH
Pattern #7 – Hot Pink Wolley Bugger (aka. “Little Dynamite”) – 1 enclosed
Tail – Hot Pink Marabou
Body – Hot Pink Chenille
Rib – one strand of Flashabou
Hackle – Purple
Thread – Pink
Comments: Hot pink bugger, When nothing else is working try a little dynamite!
Pattern #8 – Hot Chartreuse Flashabugger – 1 enclosed
Tail- Green Flashabou
Body – (sorry, can’t tell, looks like white/pearl crystal flash)
Hackle – Chartreuse
Thread - Black
Lars Lutton
aka. wildturkey
- Glouster, OH
Pattern #9 – Wild Turkey Bugger – 1 enclosed
Tail – Wild Turkey Marabou
Body – Olive Dubbing
Hackle – Olive
Thread – Black
Weighted
Comments: weighted natural wild tukey maribou/olive on a heavyweight 6.
Pattern #10 – Purple/Black Egg Sucking Leach
Tail – Purple Maraboug
Body – Black Chenille
Hackle – Black
Head – Peach Chenille