The Bananarama Fly

[Riverteeth]

Looking for some ideas/help. Looks awesome!! Anyone know how to tie this? What are the materials used? Any weight other than the eyes? How long should the tail be? Any trick to making it look bigger/smaller?

[PDXSteelhead]

From what I found, it's just a bunny leach w/ eyes to make the hook ride up.

you can get rabbit fur and wrap the cross cut tighter or looser depending on how fur you want on the fly. You can also wrap the hook with some lead if you need it to get down more quickly.

I've tied some up w/ some flash through the fur for some added attraction.

[AndyK]

I'm surprised no one caught this. The BananaRama fly was featured in a Northwest Fly Fishing magazine story about the Yakima River, Spring, 2005.

Hook: Mustad 3665A, size 2
Thread: Black 3/0 Uni-Thread
Tail: Silver Mylar & Yellow crosscut rabbit
Body: Yellow crosscut rabbit
Head: Bead Chain

You can order back copies from of this magazine.

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