The Bunny Clouser, tied by Norm Norlander, is a great all-around fly.

Materials

• Hook: 8 to 2 Long Shank
• Thread: Colour of the rabbit fur
• Tail: Mylar Silk Braid
• Rib: Mylar fluoro tinsel
• Eyes: Dumbbell eyes
• Wing: Rabbit strip

The zonker – invented American fly fisher Dan Byford- a minnow-shaped imitation of a small baitfish. Today it is one of the classic patterns used by fly fishermen to imitate small baitfish.

Back in the 1970s, when the zonker was first publicised, this fly was new. Read More »