Thanks Eddie, I'll be in touch
Baz - aye, that's kind of the history of that pattern. Long long time ago I tied up (amongst many other things) some matuka plastic tubes for a family friend who went Sea Trout hunting in the Falklands. The pattern above is a kind of a derivative of that but tied with the materials I wish I had at my disposal then, I'm kind of scratching a fly tying itch that's been bugging me for .....errr..... 20+ years.
I like the idea of zonker/matuka flies for Salmon fishing. Partly for mobility, partly for size and partly just for the hell of it.
Wet rabbit will be a pig to cast but I have to give it a go. As I recall Ken Sawada had plenty of matuka style tube patterns which I'll look up and (for shits and giggles) I'll adapt some 'traditional' tubes into a zonker/matuka style. Because I can and it's fun
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