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JAV Buzzball

  • Hook: Standard Dry Fly #14

  • Thread: UTC 70 - burnt orange

  • Body Hackle: medium dun and burnt orange dry fly saddle wrapped together and trimmed half the gap distance

  • Feeler Hackle: Grizzly Saddle - dry fly #14

The Buzzball is one of our favorite dry flies for selective trout, and is especially effective on the Missouri River. Legendary angler Gary LaFontaine created this impressionistic pattern to imitate a variety of dead and decaying mayflies and caddis.

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