Two of the Bug Chuckers Inc. co-founders took a midnight run to give it a go at the Ghosts of Erie. Steelhead ghosts that is. They rolled into a Quality Inn around 1:00 a.m only to have the desk clerk tell us are room # was 231 and that was the gay room. The first thing […]
Read More Ghosts of ErieHave you been wanting to Steelhead fish but not sure when and where to go? How about what gear you may need flies, rod, reel? The most important question is, what do you do when you actually hook a big chromer? If you are looking for answers to these questions, well this post is for […]
Read More Steelhead for the Beginner and VeteranThis is not gonna be a picture filled, fun-filled, post about a couple of guys chuckin bugs and landing fish. Instead, this will be a post of promise and remembrance. Kevin gave a very good account, of an experience with a man we all knew as Gene. I was a fortunate individual to spend many trips […]
Read More In Memory Of A Bug ChuckerWith the snow and cold finally setting in, the only thing a “chucker” can do is tie flies and think about past experiences. Tying flies has been consistent, while the reminiscing has been non-stop. Bugchuckers Inc. had one hell of a productive season in 2011. Some of us experienced new water and new ways of […]
Read More PREPARATION AND REMINISCINGFast, Easy, Effective, and Fun pattern is the Articulated Hareball Leech “AHL”. This pattern was introduced to me when I lived and fished in Alaska. This is a common pattern up there and as you fish your way back East it starts to be just a pattern you see in books or on the web […]
Read More Articulated Hareball LeechSAVAGE RIVER SEPTEMBER 2011 What a fantastic year.Why you ask? Well for starters a group of five guys decided to start this group that created a blog. Once the blog was started we thought…how can we spread our interactions and mishaps of bugchucking on a larger scale? Well that was when our facebook and twitter […]
Read More SEE YOU LATER 2011…HELLO 2012!Listen up all you curb stomping fly fishing pimps and pimpets, you are about ready to see and read my recipe on the infamous discharge special. Only a few elite individuals that walk this earth are aware of the Discharge Special “DS”, but after today all you trout lovers can pimp the “DS”. A little […]
Read More Discharge SpecialWHITE WOOLYBUGGER HOOK: MUSTAD R75 OR R75S (SIZE 6-12) TAIL: WHITE MARABOU TAIL BODY: WHITE CRYSTAL CHENILLE (MED.) TAIL FLASH: PEARL CRYSTAL FLASH WEIGHT: BEAD AND 18 WRAPS OF .025 LEAD UNDERBODY THREAD: WHITE 6/0 UNI-THREAD HACKLE: WHITE SADDLE(SAME SIZE OR ONE SIZE SMALLER(YES,SMALLER) BEAD: SILVER (PREFERABLE), BUT 1/8″ OR 3/16″ DEPENDS ON HOOK […]
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