John Glaspy Flies

    Bunnicle
          A John Glaspy Fly
             

Bunnicle was originated and tied by contributing fly tyer John Glaspy. See his extensive notes about this fly below. John has been adding regularly to our collection of Pacific Salmon flies with some flies that you will want to have in your box. You can see more of his flies for Pacific Salmon at The Flies of John Glaspy.

John's Notes: Rabbit strips make excellent salmon fly material because they are durable, inexpensive, easy to use and available in a wide variety of colors.  (White bunny is easy to dye if you prefer to make your own colors.)  More important, bunny flies are effective, fished either dead drift or with slow across stream movement.  The Popsicle is an outstanding traditional Alaskan salmon fly, tied using purple, pink, fuchsia and orange marabou.  I tie a rabbit strip variant of the Popsicle that is quite effective, especially on overcast days.  I like it a little better than the Popsicle because it is more effective for me when conditions call for dead drift, “nymphing,” presentations and because it is durable.  It is a little heavier, especially when wet, but not difficult to cast with an 8 weight.  The Bunnicicle has become one of my dark weather “go to” flies, particularly for silver salmon.