Zonker strips

Rabbit strip flies, zonkers, zonker wings

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Kavik Feb 23. 2020 Furry The Kavik is a simple zonker-based streamer, well suited for a lot of different fish, and easy to adapt in color and material choice See how to tie it here.	The March Brown Odyssey Nov 17. 2019 Variations My venture into the history and legacy of the classic March Brown led to a whole lot of variations over the theme Se all the patterns here
Zkinny Jun 20. 2019 Zonker A really simple and easy little baitfish fly, which will work for a lot of different fish and can be varied endlessly See how to tie it here	Blue Mist Dec 4. 2018 Tarpon fly This is an impressionistic streamer, tied to match the schooling sardines being eaten by baby tarpon. It has fooled many fish See how to tie it here

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Article Short hook, long wing Apr 24. 2017 Fly style A lot of flies are tied on very short hooks, still featuring quite long bodies/wings to imitate small fish. This article looks into that style. See some examples here	Article The Fair Fly Jan 13. 2016 Remake The Fair Fly is in many ways a perfect zonker: large, very fishy looking, simple to tie. It's a very good sculpin imitation and an excellent large streamer. See it here	Article Sea Trout Munker May 5. 2014 Salty muddler Inspired by Kim Sorensen's salmon fly the Munker I set out to make a sea trout variant for the salt See what I ended up with here
Article The Munker May 5. 2014 Tube muddler A very successful Danish muddler tube fly developed by Kim Sorensen for salmon and sea trout, particularly suited for slow water. Muddler and Zonker becomes Munker	Article The Chicken or Pasta Fly Apr 11. 2013 IPSY2K Too much about airplane food... and too little about fly tying and fly fishing. An ancient pattern from the Illustrated Pattern Swap year 2000. Will it be chicken or pasta?	Article Zonker patterns Aug 19. 2012 Zonker This article features a handful of zonker patterns, which we cover in connection with our thorough theme on tying zonker flies and cutting or buying zonker strips. See the patterns here
Article Cutting and buying zonker strips Aug 14. 2012 Zonker Here's a description of how to cut zonker strips yourself and some advice on getting the best store bought material - both as strips and whole skins. Get the tips on zonker strips here	Article Squirrel Zonker Jul 21. 2012 Zonker This is an update to one of the first patterns ever featured on the Global FlyFisher. The old article about this fly is from 1996, and has been on the site with its scanned B/W pictures ever since. It was about time for an update	Article Zonker tying Jul 21. 2012 Zonker Zonkers are great looking flies with a lot of volume and motion, and the zonker style lends itself well to many types of small fish and worm imitations. Read about zonker flies and zonker strips here.
Article The Ronker Jul 20. 2012 Zonker Rubber legs and a zonker... in orange. The Ronker is a fly for deep dwelling trout, featuring some weight bright colors, mobile materials and not least rubber legs. See the pattern here	Article Martin's Mundane Zonker Worm Aug 28. 2011 Zonker For many saltwater anglers the term "worm hatch" has a magical ring to it. When the worms spawn, the fish usually go berserk, be it trout, stripers or tarpon. As one writer puts it: It's like yelling "free lunch" to a high school football team. Learn to tie a simple worm here	Article The Bloody Zonker Jun 17. 2011 Variation This fly is a bright and tasty looking bite of feathers and fur that can sometimes be the key to luring a big trout. It's a variation of a variation of the Bloody Butcher. Lots of tying steps and tips here
Article The Mango Apr 13. 2006 A Mickey Finnish zonker The Mickey Finn is one of the first streamers many beginning fly tyers learn to tie. Kasper Muehlbach never used it and for years a yellow and orange fly was missing in his fly box. Last year he was inspired to tie a replacement. Get the fruity pattern for The Mango here.	Article Strange X-Mas Apr 9. 2006 Imitation Minnow, sand eel, fry. This little fly will imitate most small, transparent fish. Based on a now-classical Danish sea trout fly with an added zonker strip, there is little new under the sun. But it does catch fish as pictures in the article will show you. Learn how to tie it here.	Article Angel Body Jan 24. 2006 Fat and shining Shiny tubing materials are widely used as body material on streamers. So is ordinary tinsel. Here is a new way of making glittering, but more volumnious, pulsating and living bodies for your streamers using Angel Hair or a similar material. Get the short step-by-step here

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