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StumpHunter gave me a sample of his beaver hide so I cut a zonker out of it with a razor blade. I paired it with some black bear hair LRB gave me so I don't know what to call this creation. LOL Making zonkers with it does make it easier to tie with since it is so short.
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That's good Scott. I like the jig you came up with :):).
Zonkers might be the best way to use beaver if you're planning on using it in a crappie jig. Just experimenting. That's one of hunter7711's heads I used.
I think I will use the rest of it for looking at. I will put it on the wall near my tying station.;)
Stump sometimes you need stuff just to look at. You never know what you can get insperation from. I have alot of things around me at the tying bench just to look at. most of the time it helps and some times its a distraction. Other times I just sit outside and something will come to me. When the student is ready the teacher will appear.
BTW Scott nice tie. Be sure to tell us how it works.
Redman
Looks good Scott, definitely one of a kind.
scott those are awesome. you going to be selling any of them?
No Jason, I imagine the beaver bear is like skeetbum said, "one of a kind". LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by midnight_f150
That looks good Scott. I agree it is very short hair. I made a #10 trout fly out of my sample. Had not thought about cutting a zonker strip. Nice idea for short hairs.
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Yours look great Ship. I can see where the beaver would make nice flies.
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Originally Posted by ScottV
Thanks Scott
:DGod golly people.........speak ameteur!:D
But seriously, someone tell OR show me what a "zonker" is..please, hah.
Scott,
Looks way fishy to me. Bet if you pulled in two or three 15"ers right quick in a day......i put money that that beaver bear wouldn't stay "one of a kind" for long. You're supposed to give BACK to the beaver and or bear by eating off of what it gave up for you!:D
gonna PM you tomorrow with some questions.
Adam
Hey Adam, a zonker is a strip of hide cut lengthways down a cape. Normally rabbit is sold that way. Lots of action when single poling or spider rigging with a rabbit zonker jig. When the strip is cut from one side of the cape to the other, it's called cross-cut. You wrap the hook with it and the hair flows to the side, like a skirt.