I've never caught a fish on a wooly bugger or muddler. I fished them a lot my first year or two fly fishing and then gave up. Upstream, downstream, dead-drift, twitches, stripped, added weight till I was snagging all the time.....still no luck.
During my first couple of years fly fishing, I'd actually bring my spinning rod with me and switch up when I felt like I wanted to catch something. I was a long time spinner fisherman and always would catch trout with my panther martins.
I don't fish streamers and buggers anymore because they just seem to be a poor excuse for a spinner or a jig. And don't get me starter on San Juan worms.........why not just use a real worm?
For the past couple of years, I've fly-fished exclusively, and fish mostly dries, and reluctantly nymph when fishing for stealhead or when nothing is rising.