Tying Bunny Leeches with Scarlet Begonias and Red Hook Pilsner
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Hooks: bait models on clearance from Cabela's; $2.88 for pack of 25; size #1 extra wide gap; pretty strong.
Eyes: from River City Fly Shop, courtesy John Montana.
Rabbit fur: $4.96 for a big slobbery bag of chunks. Have to cut the strips yourself. But, $4.99 would otherwise get you one bag of zonker strips.
Beer: weekly craft of the month at Andy's.
Song: she wore scarlet begonias tucked into her curls
Purpose: to watch these flies pulse in clear water over rock and strip them by cruisers only to cause the lead carp in the pod to break off at a ninety intent on something.
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Hooks: bait models on clearance from Cabela's; $2.88 for pack of 25; size #1 extra wide gap; pretty strong.
Eyes: from River City Fly Shop, courtesy John Montana.
Rabbit fur: $4.96 for a big slobbery bag of chunks. Have to cut the strips yourself. But, $4.99 would otherwise get you one bag of zonker strips.
Beer: weekly craft of the month at Andy's.
Song: she wore scarlet begonias tucked into her curls
Purpose: to watch these flies pulse in clear water over rock and strip them by cruisers only to cause the lead carp in the pod to break off at a ninety intent on something.