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Beginner's Buford

How do you tie a Beginner's Buford?

Beginner's Buford is a streamer fly pattern for pike, musky. Find its 6 materials and 18 tying steps below.

Difficulty
2 of 5
Target species
pike, musky
Pattern designer
Brad Bohen

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At the vise

Materials

  • Streamer Hook, Gamakatsu B10S, sizes 3/0-1/0
  • Thread (140 Denier), Pink
  • Bucktail: MF Bucktail A Grade Bucktail - Pink Wisco Flame
  • Feathers: Whiting Farms Schlappen 6" To 10" - Pink
  • Flashabou, Barred Pink/Black Magnum
  • Krystal Flash, Fluorescent Cerise

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Tying instructions

  1. Secure the hook in the vise.

  2. Start the thread behind the eye and wrap back to the bend. All steps proceed up the shank.

  3. Tie in a clump of pink bucktail at the bend, extending one shank-length beyond the bend.

  4. Tie in a sparse amount of barred pink and black Flashabou Magnum on top of the bucktail, extending the same length.

  5. Tie in 3-4 pink Schlappen feathers on top of the Flashabou, extending the same length.

  6. Tie in a sparse amount of Fl. Cerise Krystal Flash on top of the Schlappen, extending the same length.

  7. Tie in a clump of pink bucktail on top of the Krystal Flash, extending the same length.

  8. Tie in 3-4 pink Schlappen feathers on top of the bucktail, extending the same length.

  9. Tie in a sparse amount of Fl. Cerise Krystal Flash on top of the Schlappen, extending the same length.

  10. Tie in a clump of pink bucktail on top of the Krystal Flash, extending the same length.

  11. Tie in 3-4 pink Schlappen feathers on top of the bucktail, extending the same length.

  12. Tie in a sparse amount of Fl. Cerise Krystal Flash on top of the Schlappen, extending the same length.

  13. Tie in a clump of pink bucktail on top of the Krystal Flash, extending the same length.

  14. Tie in 3-4 pink Schlappen feathers on top of the bucktail, extending the same length.

  15. Tie in a sparse amount of Fl. Cerise Krystal Flash on top of the Schlappen, extending the same length.

  16. Tie in a clump of brown bucktail on top of the Krystal Flash, extending the same length.

  17. Use a hair packer to push the bucktail and schlappen back to create a head.

  18. Whip finish and add head cement.

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