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Crystal Bugger- Beadhead

Crystal Bugger- Beadhead

The Crystal Bugger-Beadhead is a popular and versatile streamer fly pattern, essentially a flashier, weighted version of the classic Woolly Bugger. It is designed to attract a wide variety of game fish, including trout, bass, salmon, steelhead, and panfish, in various water conditions. 
Key Features and Description
  • Attraction: The primary feature is the incorporation of shiny materials like crystal flash or krystal chenille into the body and tail, which adds sparkle and visibility to attract fish, especially in murky or stained water.
  • Weight: It includes a bead head (often brass or tungsten) and sometimes lead-free wire underbody to help it sink rapidly to the desired depths where fish are feeding.
  • Lifelike Movement: The marabou tail and palmered hackle create a pulsating, lifelike movement in the water, mimicking small baitfish, minnows, leeches, or crayfish.
  • Versatility: It can be fished using various techniques, including stripping (retrieving quickly), swinging in riffles, jigging, or dead-drifting under an indicator. The added weight allows it to be effective in both still and moving waters, including lakes, ponds, and high-gradient streams. 
Tying Materials (Typical)
  • Hook: Long shank streamer hook
  • Bead Head: Tungsten or brass bead
  • Thread: Tying thread to match the body color
  • Tail: Marabou feathers with strands of crystal flash or flashabou added for sparkle
  • Body: Krystal chenille or similar flashy material (Estaz is sometimes used)
  • Hackle: Saddle or dry fly hackle, palmered forward over the body
  • Ribbing (Optional): Fine wire, often counter-wrapped, for durability and to secure the hackle 
Fishing Tips
  • It is particularly effective during spring runoff or on sunny days when the extra flash can help it get noticed.
  • In off-color water, the black or white patterns are good choices, while olive is effective in clear water.
  • Vary your retrieval speed and incorporate pauses to make the fly appear injured, often triggering aggressive strikes. 
Key Factors for Selection
  • Water Clarity: Use natural/dark colors (olive, brown, black) in murky water and lighter/brighter colors (white, chartreuse) in clear water.
  • Light Conditions: Dark patterns are best for low light or overcast days, while flashy or light patterns work well on bright, sunny days.
  • Local Prey: Match the color to what the local fish are feeding on (e.g., olive for sculpins, brown for crayfish).
  • Bead Color: Gold beads are common, but copper or black beads can also be used to add contrast or a different flash characteristic. 
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Specifications

color Red, Black, Olive, Brown, White, Purple
Hook Size 4, 8, 2, 6, 10