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The Bunny Snaelda – Tying Instructions

How to tie the Bunny Snaelda
Yes, please. Photos: Stuart Foxall.

Last year our pal and long time Deneki guest, Nic Jepson, shared with us a great step by step on how to tie the Franc N Snaelda – a killer European fly pattern originally designed for Atlantic Salmon that we’ve witnessed work extremely well on our king salmon at Alaska West.

Today, professional fly designer, Stuart Foxall, gives us the tying instructions on another variation of the Franc N Snaelda, first developed to reach the deep holding lies of early season Atlantic Salmon in Russia, but sure to crush anywhere king salmon can be found too.

We have a feeling this one’s a winner. Enjoy!

The Bunny Snaelda – Tying Instructions

How to tie the Bunny Snaelda
Step 1: Line your Sean Stanton Signature tube with a plastic tube liner and add a silicone tube to hold your hook.
How to tie the Bunny Snaelda
Step 2: Tie in a long-ish tail of bucktail all round the tube, and add a few lengths of Krystal Flash.
How to tie the Bunny Snaelda
Step 3: Wrap a cock hackle around the tube.
How to tie the Bunny Snaelda
Step 4: Add four stripped cock hackle stalks to act as feelers. These kick and vibrate in the water current.
How to tie the Bunny Snaelda
Step 5: Tie in as an over tail a strip of Bunny. I like to cut the tail end of mine in a ‘V’ to add taper.
How to tie the Bunny Snaelda
Step 6: Add a few strands of mirage Roselli over the bunny along with a pair of mono eyes. These also kick and vibrate in the river’s current.
How to tie the Bunny Snaelda
Step 7: Add a dubbed body of Ice Dub followed by a rib of silver oval tinsel.
How to tie the Bunny Snaelda
Step 8: Scrub the dubbed body with a dubbing brush, and wrap a long fibered cock hackle at the head as a collar.
How to tie the Bunny Snaelda
Step 9: Add a small drop of super glue to the head and slide on cone.
How to tie the Bunny Snaelda
Step 10: Melt the end of the tube with match or lighter to secure the cone.

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  1. Bunny Snaelda tying instructions-great looking fly to bad this isn’t set up properly to print so we can take it to the tying bench. Can this be fixed so it doesn’t slice off a section from the left side?
    Thank you.,
    Greg Kimball
    kgandpk@aol.com

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