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I was ripping the black tailed version of this fly through the chop with some success when my boat partner asked what fly is that 'silver surfer'. I explained to him that it was just a woolly bugger variant tied with a black tail and silver UV straggle fritz. I tried to give it a real name such as 'silver woolly bugger' but unfortunately 'silver surfer' has stuck.

Tied with your choice of woolly bugger tail and a plain, painted or anodised brass bead for the head this fly is very much a pulling fly for dirty water ... and very effective in that role.

Materials

Process

A	Most beads have a large opening at one end and a smaller opening at the other. Slide a bead over the point of the hook small opening first and position it behind the eye of the hook. My preference is an orange bead with an olive tail and a red bead with a black tail. Wind the thread in touching turns to the bend of the hook. Understanding hooks

B	Tie in a marabou tail about 1.5 times the length of the hook.

C	Tie in a length of straggle fritz at the bend of the hook. Stroke the straggle fritz fibres backward out of the way so that as you wind the straggle fritz forward you won't tie down any of the fibres.

D	Wind the straggle fritz forward in touching turns to the bead taking care at each turn to stroke the straggle fritz fibres backward out of the way so that as you wind the next turn of the straggle fritz forward you don't tie down any of the fibres. Tie it off behind the bead and trim the excess straggle fritz. Whip finish behind the bead head, trim the thread and varnish the thread behind the bead and the bead itself. If you don't varnish the bead, particularly if it's a brass unpainted bead, it will tarnish quite quickly.

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