The EZ Bunny Fly - detailed instructions

Hook:  Size 6 streamer hook

Cone head:  Small nickel cone head with eyeball

Thread:  6/0 white

Tail flash:  Pearl Flashabou

Tail/Body:  Small white rabbit zonker strip

Throat:  Ice Dub – UV Pearl

Legendary fly tier Jack Dennis wrote the “Three Commandments” for tying flies.  He states that flies should be durable, easy and quick, and that they should catch fish.  The EZ Bunny Fly is the epitome of this ideology.  The fly is super durable, you can tie one in less than 5 minutes, and it catches huge trout.  You can tie this fly in yellow, brown, green, or red.  The white is really effective and fun to fish because you can see it so well in the water.  It is really exciting to watch it swim across a run and move trout like an electrofishing wand.

Step 1

Tie in about 1 inch of Flashabou off the back of the hook.

Step 2

 

Tie a rabbit strip to the back of hook for the tail of the fly.  There should be about 2 inches of leather for the tail length.  Don’t cut the long end of the rabbit strip as you’ll use this for the body.

Step 3

Fold the long (body) strip back and make some thread turns right in front of it to really lock in the rabbit strip.

Step 4

Apply a small amount of your favorite glue to the shank of the hook.  Then, palmer the long strip of rabbit up to the cone.  This creates the body of the fly.

 

Step 5

Apply some of the Ice Dub to the thread and make a few wraps behind the cone to hide any thread wraps and then, whip finish.