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Humongous
Humongous is a bugger variation that began in the U.K. and is now fished by a growing number of anglers worldwide. Lance Egan ties his own version here and uses it for stillwater competition. It resembles a woolly bugger, but the longer marabou tail and longer hackle fibers change its character, and a silver tinsel chenille body adds flash. Cheech rates it as a staple of his stillwater boxes. Tied here on a size 10 hook.
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Materials
Fulling Mill FM5005 Heavyweight Champ Barbless hook, size 10
10
Flashabou, original, 6901 silver, as a tail accent
Silver
RIO Powerflex Tippet, 7X
7X
Whiting 4B Schlappen/Bugger Saddle, grizzly (or Whiting Bugger Packs, natural grizzly, or Whiting American Rooster Saddle, grizzly)
Grizzly
How to Tie the Humongous
- 1
Step 1
Slide the bead onto the hook, seat it behind the eye, and mount the hook in the vise.
- 2
Step 2
Start the thread behind the bead and wrap a smooth base back to the bend. Trim the tag end.
- 3
Step 3
Tie in a few strands of silver Flashabou at the bend so they trail well past the hook.
- 4
Step 4
Tie in a full bunch of black marabou over the flash for a long tail. Bind the butts along the shank and trim any excess.
- 5
Step 5
Tie in the 7X tippet at the base of the tail for the rib and let it trail out of the way.
- 6
Step 6
Tie in the silver tinsel chenille at the base of the tail and move the thread forward to just behind the bead.
- 7
Step 7
Wrap the chenille forward in touching turns to the bead, then tie it off and trim the excess.
- 8
Step 8
Select a grizzly feather with long fibers and tie it in behind the bead.
- 9
Step 9
Palmer the hackle back over the chenille in open turns to the base of the tail, and let the tip hang there.
- 10
Step 10
Wind the tippet rib forward through the hackle to the bead, trapping the hackle tip with the first turn. Keep it tight enough to press into the chenille.
- 11
Step 11
Tie off the rib behind the bead, then trim the rib and the hackle tip.
- 12
Step 12
Whip finish behind the bead and trim the thread.
Watch Tying Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOtCFuQwBlE
Credit: Lance Egan / Fly Fish Food