Hardy Bouglé

Hardy Bouglé

The Bouglé Mark V is most advanced version yet of the reel that the legendary Monsieur Bouglé asked Hardy to make in 1903. It comes in five sizes of click check reels for freshwater fishing. 
With the MkV Hardy has taken a classic reel, made it more beautiful and brought it pounding into twenty-first century. It is now machined from aluminum alloy bar-stock. The Bouglé looks as lovely as ever on a rod, but now performs like the most modern of reels on the market. Looks? Its stunning, hard anodized, racing green frame combines strikingly with the anodized silver spool and side-plate. Practicality? The deep spool gives you big line and backing capacity, vital for

Bouglé MK V Reel Specifications and Prices
* #20 Backing     ** #30 Backing

What do these animals that make up this huge percentage of the steelhead diet look like? Somewhere in the nationhood of 17 different squid species inhabit the oceanic waters where steelhead feed.  They come in a wide array of sizes and colors.  Two of the most popular "commercial food" squids in the North Pacific are the Neon Squid and Opal Squid.  These names imply that theses animals are reflective or incandescent. To make the matters even more complex, individual squid can change colors: not just overall color, but also colors in dots and 

work...sometimes.  Few of them work all of the time.  Squids are schooling animals.  Maybe that is the reason that multiple fly casts are so effective on steelhead.  They mimic a school of something.  To bad they are so difficult to 

manage.  Certain kinds of shrimp and Krill are also school animals.  Steelhead target them at times.  Many of these food organisms are pink or orangish in nature.  Ghost Shrimp or Sand Shrimp are very popular bait with the monofilament crowd.  They burrow into the sand in estuarial areas, often around river mouths.  They may be one of the last marine meals for some steelhead.  Early run summer steelhead are especially susceptible to these critters.  Several years ago, Rod Robinson, who was then working for Paulson Flies in Portland, Oregon, developed a very respectable imitation of the sand shrimp using chenille covered with a shellback of polyethylene.  Further refinements were added by the then teen age Dean Finnerty.  What evolved is a fly pattern that is so life-like that it is easily recognized by fish and angler alike; the Finnerty Shrimp.

            Summer steelhead enter fresh water sexually immature.  Unlike their winter run cousins who move up the rivers more quickly to spawn, summer runs tend to dawdle.  They may not spawn for several months after leaving the ocean and may school at various points along their journey.  One of the places they congregate is in the estuaries just before leaving the ocean.  This is prime habitat for ghost shrimp.  Steelhead like all trout, are ever the opportunist.  They will feed on what is easily available.  One of the foods most exposed to them just prior to leaving the salt is ghost shrimp.  Winter fish pass through the sand shrimp zone more quickly, having less time to key on them.

            Each river spawns it’s own race of steelhead, which may spread to different parts of the ocean.  If one examines the ocean and compares it to a giant lake or river, it stands to reason that not all food organisms will be found at all locations in the same population densities.  As changing currents, temperatures, and depths create different environments, the species living within each location will vary with their own living requirements.  Each steelhead probably eats from a slightly different menu.  This could explain why fly patterns vary from river to river and why such a profusion of successful patterns exist.  The angler who could match what the steelhead were feeding on in the ocean could probably catch more steelhead.  The problem is how to observe the steelhead while out to sea.

Buddler
Hook: TMC 5263, #6
Thread: Black 3/0 Uni
Tag: none
Butt: none
Body: Purple Poly Flash
Rib: none
Hackle: none
Wing:  1/4 Red Marabou, 3/4 Black Marabou
Head:  Spun black Deer Hair
Common Sizes: This fly is most often used in size six in rivers like The Deschutes & John Day, Grand Rhonde.  This little fly was first tied by Carl Perry in about 1980 and

became the "go-to" fly for dour mid-season fish on the Deschutes River.  Originally Carl tied the wing with fur from his Black Labrador, Buddy.  Buddy + Muddler = Buddler.  The original under-wing was dyed red squirrel tail.  We found that marabou works well for both wings.  It is tied on a 2X long hook and is very delicate.  The Buddler is very effective when fished broad side in the film; grease line style.