Spruce Bunny SBS

[ScottP]

hook - Mustad 9671 #2
thread - Flat-wax white
tail - Krystal Flash peacock/Flashabou holo green
body - midge tube red
thorax - Ice Dub peacock
wing - zonker strip
collar - deer hair spun/clipped
head - cone silver


Part 1

mash barb, slide cone on; jam against eye with a couple wraps of non-tox




start thread, tie in KF




tie in Flashabou, fold, wrap everything back to bend; trim






tie in tubing, wrap forward; tie off/trim






dub thorax

[ScottP]

Part 2

tie in zonker strip (tip should extend to bend)




clean, stack, measure (tips past thorax) a clump of deer hair; spin, half hitch x 2, SHHAN






trim hair butts around cone




Regards,
Scott

[Steven]

You don't tie down the zonker strip with a rib or anything?

[ScottP]

Steven,

On this one I want the wing to go with the flow; cut short, as it is, it shouldn't foul the hook. Rib it and it's a Matuka.

Regards,
Scott