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Capt. G · Dec-21-2008, 10:39 PM

Those are some good looking flies! Like you I like to use rabbit strips for flys, as they give the fly great action. I have no doubt in my mind that big bass would eat those flies. I think I will ties some up for bass and call the color "Gay Bunny" (Rainbow (trout) fly made out of Rabbit). If anybody asks me about the fly, I will say that I read it from you, on BD. Give credit where credit is due.

I have a request. If you have a proper scale, could you please weigh one of the 8 inch bunny leaches , both wet, and dry? I am curious how much they would weigh.

My guide in Belize tied up a rabbit strip tarpon fly that sort of looked like a traditional 'cockroach' pattern, but had a forked piece of black rabbit strip about 5 inches long and very wide, plus hackle feathers AND black and red bucktail. Talk about bulky and hard to cast! But I got one of my largest tarpon (fly caught) on that fly, C&R estimate of 140 pounds on 16 lb. class tippet on a 10 wt. rod, and a Penn International 4 reel.

Thanks for your post--makes me want to go get the lakers again this winter, when they are on the surface.

Dec-21-2008, 10:39 PM	#5 (permalink)
Capt. G "WarLord" Name: Capt. G Age: 44 Vessel: ”黒潮” Location: 5,600Miles West of the West Coast Job:Lee Ving's guitar tuner Bio: Just a nut trying to get a squirrel Posts: 4,337	Those are some good looking flies! Like you I like to use rabbit strips for flys, as they give the fly great action. I have no doubt in my mind that big bass would eat those flies. I think I will ties some up for bass and call the color "Gay Bunny" (Rainbow (trout) fly made out of Rabbit). If anybody asks me about the fly, I will say that I read it from you, on BD. Give credit where credit is due. I have a request. If you have a proper scale, could you please weigh one of the 8 inch bunny leaches , both wet, and dry? I am curious how much they would weigh. My guide in Belize tied up a rabbit strip tarpon fly that sort of looked like a traditional 'cockroach' pattern, but had a forked piece of black rabbit strip about 5 inches long and very wide, plus hackle feathers AND black and red bucktail. Talk about bulky and hard to cast! But I got one of my largest tarpon (fly caught) on that fly, C&R estimate of 140 pounds on 16 lb. class tippet on a 10 wt. rod, and a Penn International 4 reel. Thanks for your post--makes me want to go get the lakers again this winter, when they are on the surface. __________________ "WTF?"