Published Jan 23. 2020 - 1 year ago

Updated or edited Jan 23. 2020

Squirrel Zonker

Jan 23. 2020

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Tyer:

Martin Joergensen

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Martin Joergensen

Pattern description:

Squirrel Zonker

Pattern type:

Cold saltwater fly

Hook:

Kamasan B175 #6

A small zonker tied for an article on the site

Squirrel 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

Zonker tying

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.

Squirrel zonker

I used to hate zonkers; those pre cut rabbit strips were like hell to tie with: too thick skin, too long hair, too wide strips. I stopped tying them until someone told me how to cut my own strips.

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Favorite Flies for Baltic Seatrout

Self-published In this book Martin has tried to cover his favorite fly patterns, and has included 29 of the flies that he and his best fishing friends use 90% of the time when they fish for Danish coastal seatrout.

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A true classic on the Danish coast and a very universal small fish imitation, which has not only caught thousands of sea trout, but would very likely also be able to catch almost anything that has scales and swims.

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