Fly Tying Inventory
Yuk Bug
Al Troth designed the Yuk Bug. It is a large, buggy nymph with a tail of natural gray squirrel, a body of medium black chenille, white round rubber legs set along the body, and a ginger grizzly saddle hackle palmered through it all. It is tied on a black down-eye salmon hook, and wire or a cone head can be added when the fly needs more weight. Tie it in sizes 4 to 8.
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Materials
Daiichi 2117 Van Klinken Bomber down-eye salmon hook, black, sizes 4-8
Black · 4-8
6/0 or 140 denier thread, black
Black · 6/0
Natural gray squirrel tail fur
Natural gray
Medium chenille, black
Black · Medium
Medium round rubber legs, white
White · Medium
Ginger grizzly saddle hackle
Ginger grizzly
How to Tie the Yuk Bug
- 1
Step 1
Start the black thread behind the eye and wrap back to the bend.
- 2
Step 2
Cut a bunch of gray squirrel tail fur and tie it in on top of the shank at the bend for the tail. Bind the butts down and trim the excess.
- 3
Step 3
Tie in the medium black chenille at the bend, then tie in the ginger grizzly saddle hackle by its tip at the same point.
- 4
Step 4
Wrap a few turns of chenille forward to start the body, then let it hang.
- 5
Step 5
Tie a length of white rubber leg across the top of the shank at that point so a leg sticks out on each side.
- 6
Step 6
Wrap more chenille forward and tie in a second and then a third set of legs the same way, spacing the three sets evenly along the body. Finish the chenille just behind the eye, tie it off and trim.
- 7
Step 7
Palmer the hackle forward through the chenille body in open turns, working it between the legs, and tie it off behind the eye. Trim the excess.
- 8
Step 8
Trim the rubber legs to length.
- 9
Step 9
Build a neat thread head, whip finish and trim the thread.
Watch Tying Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCbkFecZCbE
Credit: Tim Flagler / Tightline Productions