Description: Zonker patterns are irresistible to fish: The rabbit strip and Whiting Flatwing hackle provides the motion needed to bring this pattern to life. The new Hareline rainbow brass bead heads acts as an attractor and gets the fly down quickly.
Norm's Wing Zonker were featured in Eastern Fly Fishing magazine (page 62)- Click here to read
The colors I use for Norm's Wing Zonker are Maroon and Claret, Olive and Tan/ Burnt Orange. These colors consistently catch the most fish, whether it's trout, steelhead, small mouth bass or stripers.
I use a stout 4xLong, Daiichi 2220 hook that hangs on to those BIG ones! Can be tied for fresh or salt water fishing. Indicate preference at the time of ordering.
What it imitates: Minnows or baitfish, which are commonly eaten by predacious trout and smallmouth bass.
When to fish it: Any time of the year, but especially when there are BIG fish around.
Where to fish it: Just about any water that holds fish and you can cast a fly. For lakes, I recommend hook size #4 and #6. In rivers I like to use #2, #4, #6.
How to fish it: Fish down and across, swinging the fly in the traditional manner while using a strip retrieve to "enliven" the fly. Between line strips, this pattern dips like a jig, the perfect motion that triggers strikes.
Approximate time to complete this order: 7 days
MINIMUM ORDER FOR THIS FLY IS 1 UNIT - 1 UNIT CONSISTS OF 1/2 DOZEN FLIES