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Burk’s Aggravator
Burk’s Aggravator, Hare’s Ear
Tying Instructions
1. Place a bead behind the eye and attach the thread. Attach a piece of lead wire with about 10 wraps just behind the bead..
2. Secure the lead with thread wraps and lay a base to the bend of the hook directly above the barb. Attach a piece of Krystal Flash and wrap a tag, bring the flash back to the tie-off position and secure. Now, secure the ribbing at the same location.
3. Attach a 20-25 marabou fibers at the tail-in location. Wrap the butt end of the marabou around the shank for some underbody. Bring the thread back to the tie-in position and place a few wraps arouind the base of the marabou to lift it up.
4. Dub a tapered abdomen up to the midpoint of the shank. Wrap the ribbing forward and secure.
5. Place two sets of rubberlegs evenly within the thorax space at the top of the shank. Use thread wraps to sweep the legs back behind the bend of the hook.
6. Dub a thorax. Place the dubbing over and between the legs. Leave some room bewteen the forward legs and the bead.
7. Place a section of Turkey Tail for a wingcase with the case extending over both pairs of legs. Secure with thread wraps behind the bead.
8. Dub a collar to hide the wingcase tie-downs. Whip Finish and Trim
| Materials
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| Hook | TMC 200R # 6-14 |
| Thread | Danville Tan 6/0 |
| Head | Gold Bead |
| Weight | Leadfree Wire wraps |
| Ribbing | Medium Gold Wire |
| Legs | Olive/black Flake Crazy Legs |
| Body | Light Hare's Ear Dubbing |
| Thorax | Light Hare's Ear Dubbing |
| wingcase | Dark Mottled Turkey Tail |
| Tail | Claret Marabou |
| Tag | Pearl Krystal Flash |
| Collar | Dark Hare's Ear Dubbing |
Andy Burk
Andy Burk, a Central Sierran fly fishing guide, designed this fly originally for smallmouth bass. Yet, it has also been very effective for a number of other species including largemouth, steelhead, rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, brown trout, brook trout, salmon and even panfish.
Composite Pattern
The pattern is basically a composite of a Nymph and Marabou Streamer with Rubberlegs thrown in. It could represent a damsel nymph, a stonefly, a minnow, or a crawdad. Lot’s of action, a pure attractor streamer. Some have even adapted the pattern to be articulated.
Presentation
To fish the Aggravator in fast moving water an angler can either dead drift the fly through a fishy looking run or riffle or strip it actively against the current to try and get a reaction strike. In stillwater, a sinking fly line will get the fly to the big fish while the waving marabou tail and wiggly silicone legs should put any fish in the vicinity into a feeding frenzy. Andy has tied these in variations of black, olive and Prince Nymph.
Variations
Burk’s Aggravator, Black
| Hook | TMC 200R # 6-14 |
| Thread | Danville Black 6/0 |
| Head | Copper Bead |
| Weight | Leadfree Wire wraps |
| Ribbing | Pearl Krystal Flash |
| Legs | Purple/Electric Blue Crazy Legs |
| Body | Black Hare-tron Dubbing |
| Thorax | Black Hare-tron Dubbing |
| wingcase | Dark Mottled Turkey Tail |
| Tail | Black Marabou |
| Tag | Pearl Krystal Flash |
| Collar | Black Ostrich |
Burk’s Aggravator, Olive
| Hook | TMC 200R # 6-14 |
| Thread | Danville Olive 6/0 |
| Head | Gold Bead |
| Weight | Leadfree Wire wraps |
| Ribbing | Pearl Krystal Flash |
| Legs | Olive/black Flake Crazy Legs |
| Body | Olive Hare-tron Dubbing |
| Thorax | Olive Hare-tron Dubbing |
| wingcase | Dark Mottled Turkey Tail |
| Tail | Olive Marabou |
| Tag | Pearl Krystal Flash |
| Collar | Dark Hare's Ear Dubbing |
Burk’s Aggravator, Prince Nymph
| Hook | TMC 200R # 6-14 |
| Thread | Danville Black 6/0 |
| Head | Gold Bead |
| Weight | Leadfree Wire wraps |
| Ribbing | Medium Gold Wire |
| Legs | Pumpkin/Olive Black Crazy Legs |
| Body | Peacock Herl |
| Thorax | Peacock Herl |
| wingcase | White Goose Biots |
| Tail | Brown Olive Marabou |
| Tag | Pearl Krystal Flash |
| Collar | Peacock Herl |