Fur

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Fur - articles

Article Buying Fur and Skin Oct 9. 2017 Shopping Fur patches can be bought in flyshops, but there are many other sources for good fur - from furriers to roadkill. Learn what to look for here	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 Washing your materials Aug 12. 2012 Material handling If you never tried washing a newly bought saddle, neck or bucktail, it's about time you try! Proper treatment can transform the useless to useful and the mediocre to sublime. Start your laundry here	Article Steaming your materials Aug 12. 2012 Material handling Steaming materials has a fantastic effect! Feathers, fur, hair deserves some steam. You will be amazed what a little vaporized water can do. Put on the kettle 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 Upgrading the Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear Feb 16. 2012 Buggy It might seem futile to try to improve one of the world's most proven patterns, but there's room for improvement. Trevor Morgan gives some classics an overhaul. Se them 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 Hare's Ear Bug Mar 15. 2009 Bugger Fished actively over sea weed and its likely to be mistaken for a gammarus. Same thing in a lake. Dead drifted or fished using a lift in a stream, it looks like a tumbling scud or cress bug or even a hatching caddis. What the fish think, I don't know, but it's a fact that they find it edible. The simplest fly 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.