Thank you Don. 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 23:09:33 -0700
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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?
> > > >
> >
> >
>
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