Zonker stripes are one of my favorite materials for tying streamers. The Zonker-Fish is a really simple pattern made out of a zonker stripe, which is very durable and, most important, it catches fish.

You can find a lot of color examples in my photo album Streamers.

Materials:

• Hook: Gamakatsu F 314 # 4
• Weight: Lead
• Ribbing: Mono
• Body: Flash Dubbing
• Wing: Zonker Stripe
• Flash: Krinkle Mirror Flash
• Head: Flash Dubbing, Clear Cure Goo
• Eyes: Clear Cure Eyes Solar Flare

Wind on some lead wire and secure it with super glue.

Tie in a piece of mono for ribbing.

Mix two colors of flash dubbing.

Split the thread and put the dubbing in the gap. Then spin the bobbin to twist the dubbing.

Wind the dubbing around the hook shank and brush it with your velcro brush.

Tie in a zonker stripe at the front and rib it with the mono from the back to the front.

Tie in a strand of krinkle mirror flash on each side and form a little head with flash dubbing.

Use some super glue for fixing the Clear Cure Eyes on each side and fill the space between the eyes on top and bottom with Clear Cure Goo to create a durable head.

tight lines

Holger Lachmann