Originally Posted by
Gandolf
Hi SKershaw,
I don't know if it is one of the small buggers I tied, or one that one of the other guys tied. It looks like there might be an "eye" painted on the bead, and if that is the case it is not one of mine. I can't tell for sure.
At any rate I use rabbit for the tail on a lot of the small buggers I tie. It is really tough and has good movement too. The fur on the bugger in Joe's picture looks like rabbit to me.
Peter Frailey has good articles on using rabbit for bugger tails. I don't know if he originated the concept of rabbit for bugger tails or just made them more popular.
Peter recommends buying zonker strips for sources of rabbit. I have zonker strips, also some pieces of dyed rabbit from Ebay, and some rabbit that I dyed myself.
Regards,
Gandolf