Guest Report post Posted November 24, 2003 One of my favorites for Bass, Trout, Steelhead, Salmon and many others OSD. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted November 24, 2003 Zonker's are my favorite! I like the yellow throat, I'll have to give that a try. Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted November 24, 2003 Yellow Zonker, gold body, with a orange hackle throat & black permanent marker bars down the sides makes a great Yellow Perch pattern! Oldies but goodies! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted November 24, 2003 What's up, OSD?! Fished just yesterday and a mylar zonker with an orange throt was the only thing that produced any smallies.....easy ties, and great producers!!! While we are discussing zonkers, what is/are your favs as for a zonker material? I really like Mico Pine and full rabbit zonkers, but have made zonkers from everything...including a nice free flowing zonker from a roadkill housecat...as bad as i hate to admit that I butchered "Fluffy"!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted November 24, 2003 I like the dyed cross cut rabbit as long as its cut evenly. I look the zonker strips over before chousing where to tie from, I gota have the hair standing up on the back of the fly (not laying down) I like th gold mylar tubbing best but I do use silver too. most of the time I use a red hackle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jayhawk Jeff 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2003 Do you all build anything under that mylar tubing to hold shape or does ir wrok OK on it's own? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted November 25, 2003 If tyed correctly it will hold its own. Sometimes I put a small rattle in the tubing which makes the fly more effective in stained water. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted November 25, 2003 depending on where i'm fishing, i have been known to put a peice of sticky backed lead under the mylar tubing (cut to shape of course) if I need to get it down deep in a hurry. Best smallie color for me this year in the river I fish mostly was white rabbit strip with silver mylar, and a red throat. steve Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted November 25, 2003 Sure heres how http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/fly_pict...ssic_zonker.htm Good Luck. OSD. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redneckshadrap 0 Report post Posted November 26, 2003 I'm going to have to get me some Mylar and give those a whirl. May try to do it with my coneheads. Billy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted November 26, 2003 if you haven't tried tying with mylar before, I think you will really like it, Billy...great stuff for baitfish imitations! Here's a little tip for ya....befroe using the mylar, take a little enamel and a toothpick and apply the enamel to just one side of the mylar....just a very, very thin application....this will keep it from unraveling while you work.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redneckshadrap 0 Report post Posted November 27, 2003 Thanks for the tip....I came straight home after work and didn't pick up any.....Shoot,,,!! I hope the rain holds off until about noon tomorrow. Billy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted November 28, 2003 picked up some nice pelts from a furrier in the mountains yesterday.....cut nice thick ( wide) zonkers fron a bobcat pelt.....after I combed out as much under fur as I could, it produced a very nice zonker, albiet a bit large....gonna try it for BIG bass petterns...the rabbitts I bought were longhaired and will make nice "fluttering" zonkers.....another pelt was very short...nice Mico zonker material.....that's what I like about the winter....gathering up material for the spring!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redneckshadrap 0 Report post Posted November 28, 2003 I use Squirrel Zonker for my little wooly craw with hackle instead of ice chenile. Those smaller southern creeks have a million micro craw hatch. Rarely see a craw bigger than 3 inches during that time. Billy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites