Double-Bunny glue: Aileens 'OK to Wash It' fabric glue. Available at sewing stores.
DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "mark romero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Ever heard of a bunny clouser? > Bookmarked that site Don. Domo, mark..... > > >From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: [VFB] Ever heard of a bunny clouser? > >Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 11:25:59 -0700 > > > >Ginger, > > > >As legend has it, the 'double-bunny' fly was originated by Scott Sanchez > >for > >the One-Fly Contest in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. It won the prestigeous > >contest like 2 or 3 years running, and was generally kept a secret. Then > >the cat got out of the bag and there were double-bunnies multiplying all > >over the place. > > > >The bunny-pattern Jerry posted before is very close to the original style > >for the DB, but as with all flies, there have been as many variations as > >there are tiers. Rabbit strips are nothing new, replacing feathers in many > >matuka and streamer patterns. Then comes mink, fox, chinchilla and so on. > >Scott's innovation was the over/under approach instead of the zonker > >bellies > >with the fur strip over the top. > > > >The weight distribution on the fly is crucial in how you want the fly to > >fish, swim, and most important, hesitate or stop. Wire-wrapping the shank > >or using heavy barbell eyes give two different swimming and stopping > >motions. I've tied them for bass and pike using large strips with bass > >rattles glued in between the strips. What one ties on for a head, if > >anything, also gives much diversity as to how the fly will swim and > >retrieve. > > > >I've been tying mine with the 'new' bar-dyed rabbit pelts. > >http://www.bearlodgeangler.com/Zonkers.htm (no affilaiation) I'll bet > >Byard can get them for you, if you ask him nicely and offer him money. > >These make for great coloration. I prefer to buy the whole pelts and cut > >my > >own tapered strips from the part of the pelt that best suits the fly I'm > >tying. The scraps make interesting dubbing. > > > >As far as bunny-clousers go, there again - variations around a theme. A > >Clouser Minnow is not much different than a buck-tail streamer, which has > >been around forever. It just has someone's name in front of it and barbell > >eyes (not to take away from the fame of the originator). Same with the > >deceiver streamers, now all known as Lefty's Deceivers, no matter what they > >look like. All of my sailfish and marlin flies are deceiver patterns. > >They > >are more along the line of a Bill Howe profile-fly, which is a large > >deceiver pattern. > > > >So take your average everyday Clouser pattern and replace the two colors of > >bucktail with same-colored rabbit strips. The profile of the fly will > >change due to the immediate density of the rabbit fur (and the bouyancy). > >If this is a no-go for you, use the white bucktail for the belly, as > >normal, > >but a trimmed and tapered rabbit-strip for the top side. This will restore > >the trim, sparse style of the Clouser Minnow (which it no longer is). Fish > >them side-by-side if you can, to check out the swimming properties. You > >can > >take advantage of the differences or try to make it swim more like the > >original. Also, try short fox strips instead of long rabbit strips. The > >long fox hair replaces the leather strip and imparts great swimming motion. > >None of these fur flies are really clousers any more, but salwater > >double-bunny flies with barbell eyes. > > > >You probably already know this, but the swimming properties of any fly are > >affected greatly by the knot used, whether in salt water or fresh water, > >fishing streamers or nymphs. There is basically the tight knot and the > >loose knot- and many varieties of each. Some flies need to be snelled for > >their swimming action. Others need to be on a loop- knot to allow more > >action. (a different thread) > > > >If you're using bite-tippets or coated wire tippets, try the 'NO-name knot' > >(now strangely being called Lefty's NO-name knot- an oxy-moron if ever > >there > >was one). It is the best, quickest loop-knot I've found for attaching > >flies > >to heavy bite-tippets, leaving a very small knot, even in 200lb mono. I > >found it in a Saltwater Billfishing Tournament magazine. (a different > >thread, too) > > > >Hope this helps. > > > >Don > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Ginger Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > Yes, I guess its the Double Bunny with barbell eyes. > > > > > > >>>Ever heard of a bunny clouser? > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > >
