How to Tie Glo Bugs

Anglers use a variety of flies designed to imitate natural food on which fish routinely feed. Salmon eggs are a popular bait for some anglers. Glo Bugs are tied by anglers as an imitation salmon egg. Effective on game fish such as trout and salmon, Glo Bugs are a basic fly that requires only a few fly-tying materials.

Things You'll Need

  • Fly tying vise
  • Size 10 egg hook
  • Glo-Bug yarn
  • Scissors
  • Fluorescent fly-tying thread
  • Head cement
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Instructions

    • 1

      Place a size 10 hook in the jaws of a fly-tying vise. Position the hook with the shank on top and the hook point on the bottom.

    • 2

      Wrap fluorescent fly-tying thread around the shank of the hook. Wrap several turns of thread only around the middle of the shank.

    • 3

      Cut three pieces of Glo Bug yarn with a pair of sharp scissors. Cut the yarn pieces 1 1/2-inches long. Hold the three lengths of yarn along side each other. Place the yarn along the length of the hook shank.

    • 4

      Tie the yarn in place with fly-tying thread. Make several turns of thread around the middle of the yarn to hold it on the hook shank.

    • 5

      Lift up the ends of the yarn lengths and hold them straight up from the hook shank. Wrap thread around the base of the yarn just above the hook shank. Extend the thread forward and wrap up to the base of the hook's eye and back down to the yarn. Tie the thread off and cut free from the spool with scissors. Apply head cement onto the thread in front of the yarn to help the fly stay together.

    • 6

      Trim the yarn with scissors. Measure up the yarn from the shank the same distance as the hook gap. Cut the yarn straight across with the scissors.

    • 7

      Push the ends of the yarn down to form a tight ball. Your the Glo Bug, salmon egg imitation, is now complete.