Small Looped Zonker Streamer - Rabbit strip streamer - McFly Angler Streamer Fly Tying Tutorial

I tied this fly a while back for you guys, and it's one of my favorite all around patterns for fishing a wide range of fish and rivers. However I recently got the Petejeans clip system from a subscriber, thank you so much Justin! Anyway, I found that this fly becomes quicker and easier when using these clips. It really helps getting the dubbing loop materials ready ahead of time and allows me to tie this fly in about 1/3 less time. That's a huge savings as I can tie 4 in the same time it took me to tie 3 before. As explained, you really want to use a stinger hook for these as it will insure you get the same shape of the fly. That large sculpin looking head, and small tapered off tail. The movement on this is incredible with all that soft rabbit fur, and you can tie these in about any color combo you can find. I like tying these in olive with an orange or yellow belly, black with a red belly, white with orange, chartreuse or red belly, the sky is the limit with color combos.
Here is the link to the previous video of me tying this back in 2020 - • Small Looped Zonker St...
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Hook: Risen O'Shaughnessy in size 4 - www.risenfly.c...
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[@jasonbaker8251]

Great looking pattern, can’t wait to tie a few.

[@McFlyAngler]

Let me know how they go for you! Glad you enjoyed the video

[@justinmcquaide4862]

Will definitely try this one cracking pattern !

[@McFlyAngler]

Hope you like it!

[@deankrueger7178]

I gotta try this one, I bet the largemouth in my area will destroy it! Thanks again for a great video, God Bless!

[@McFlyAngler]

God bless you as well, thank you for the comment! I agree, it’s a great bass fly!

[@davidleimeister5027]

Nice tie.

[@McFlyAngler]

Thanks!

[@jasrobsny]

reminiscent of a slump buster. Oddly enough I've never caught a single fish on a slump buster.

[@McFlyAngler]

Similar yeah, just no cone on front and uses rabbit fur rather than pine squirrel. So the slump buster has to be one of my most productive flies I’ve fished in Colorado. In fact my first large brown was caught on one. A 22-23” brown. What is your favorite and most productive patterns you use?

[@jasrobsny]

@@McFlyAngler The largest rainbow I ever caught was on a traditional white wooly bugger on the swing. 20" but then again most of my fishing is nymphing in colder temperatures.

[@McFlyAngler]

Oh ok, yeah a wooly bugger always works that’s for sure! I like cold water nymphing also. I used to live near the San Juan river in NM. Did a lot of that there. Tiny little midge flies…. It was fun

[@garrydurfey9700]

Like it a lot!! Funny timing, been practicing my dubbing loops, just bought the cheap version of material clips and have even spun Sumer rabbit hair a few times. I just need to practice a lot more. I know you do some salt water fishing, do you have some other color recommendations and have you ever done lead eyes and turned the fly over? Thanks again.

[@McFlyAngler]

Thank you! That’s awesome! Keep practicing and it will come naturally to you soon. Any clip could work, these petejean clips though are amazing. I used to use a homemade system that worked a little but nothing like these clips. I listed some color recommendations in the description section, but to be honest just use any color combo you want! The ocean is vast, so it’s hard without knowing or having fished the areas you’re going to be fishing to recommend a specific color. You can totally add lead eyes to turn this over if you want, I would get a slightly longer shank hook, then end the head right behind the lead eyes. The eyes behind the head might make it sit weird, but maybe not so try both ways.

[@glennplatvoet7111]

It's looks great probably better in water

[@McFlyAngler]

Thank you! Yeah it flows really well in the water for sure