Marc has supplied the recipes for for his Playboy Bunny Tube Fly. There is a video provided to show you how to tie the pattern. If you would like to see more from Marc, head over to freestoneflies.com and check out his other patterns. Not only does Marc sell custom tied flies, he has fly tying materials available too.
Playboy Bunny Tube “Burgundy”
Tube-40/40 Pro Flexi Tube Color of your choice (junction cut to 1/2-3/8″)
Thread- 6/0 Danvilles Fly Master
Tail-1/8″ Straight cut Rabbit strip
Butt-Estaz Color of choice (optional)
Body-UV Pearl Polar Chenille
collar-Black marabou Plume (One that can be used as hackle) Three turns
Flash-Purple & Chartreuse Pearl Flashabou Three strands each
Hackle Red Schlappen Three turns
Head-fish Skull size of your choice (small medium or medium)
Playboy Bunny Tube “Hot Pink”
Tube 40/40 Pro Flexi Tube Color of your choice
Thread-6/0 Danvilles Flymaster
Tail-1/8″ Hot Pink Straight cut Rabbit strip
Butt-Estaz Chartreuse (optional)
Body-UV Pearl Polar Chenille
Collar-Black Marabou Plume (One that can be used as hackle) Three turns
Flash-Chartruese Pearl Flashabou Six strands
Hackle-Hot Pink Schlappen Three turns
Head-Fish Skull size of your choice (small medium or medium)
Playboy Bunny Tube “Chartruese”
Tube 40/40 Pro Flexi Tube Color of your choice
Thread-6/0 Danvilles Flymaster
Tail-1/8″ Chartruese Straight cut Rabbit strip
Butt-Estaz Hot Pink (optional)
Body-UV Pearl Polar Chenille
Collar-Black Marabou Plume (One that can be used as hackle) Three turns
Flash-Fire Tiger Holographic Flashabou Six strands
Hackle- Chartruese Schlappen Three turns
Head-Fish Skull size of your choice (small medium or medium)
Playboy Bunny Tube “Purple”
Tube 40/40 Pro Flexi Tube Color of your choice
Thread-6/0 Danvilles Flymaster
Tail-1/8″ Purple Straight cut Rabbit strip
Butt-Estaz color of your choice (optional)
Body-UV Pearl Polar Chenille
Collar-Black Marabou Plume (One that can be used as hackle) Three turns
Flash-Purple Pearl Flashabou Six strands
Hackle- Purple Schlappen Three turns
Head-Fish Skull size of your choice (small medium or medium)
The recommended hook for this fly is a #4 Owner Mosquito hook.
Tying Notes– The Video Tutorial is somewhat diffrent in that I used about 15 wraps of Polar chennille for the body. Thats to much for this fly Use only 8-10 wraps for the body and select a marabou plume for the collar that dosen’t extend to far back over the tail. It should extend to approx. 1/3rd to 1/2 the tail length.
