- Hook: Jig hook w/90 or 60 degree bend or a good streamer hook -
Size #2 - #6. Note: I'm beginning to favor a straight hook, as I've lost a bunch of fish on jig hooks this fall (jury's still out). - Body: Any flashy plastic or tinsel type material you can wrap on the shank. Note, keep it well above the curve of the hook to allow for the rabbit fur to ride up on the top of the curve.
- Top Body: Bunny strip - black (vary)
- Under Body: Marabou (purple, black, olive, etc.)
- Legs: Rubber legs
- Flash: Krystal flash, 3-4 strands
- Head Weight: Barbell or Cone head eyes, various weight, most common 1/32 - 1/16 oz.
Tying Instructions
- Use the your favorite (or available) jig or streamer hook size #6 - #2.
- Use black thread.
- Tie in barbell inside the bend, as shown.
- Wrap on body from front to back, leave room on back.
- Use a bunny strip at least twice as long as the entire hook.
- Poke your hook tip through the middle of the rabbit strip hide so that the front portion can extend to the cone or barbell head. You will need to remove the hook from your vice so you can slide the bunny strip up flush with the body wrap near the top of the hook curve.
- Add a gold wire or similar to the rear.
- Pull the bunny strip forward and tie off just behind the head. Palmer in your wire from back to front, separating the fur in 1/8 to 1/4 inch widths and using the wire to separate and bind the bunny strip, as you palmer the wire forward to the head.
- Tie in a single marabou stalk (cut a 1 1/2 inch piece of the fluffy stuff off the top) below for the under body. Note: Barr's pattern has marabou all around the fly. Mine has a thinner profile - your choice.
- Tie in the Krystal flash and rubber legs - three per side.
- Whip finish just behind the barbell or cone head.
- head cement the head
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