{"id":1608,"date":"2014-02-02T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2014-02-02T07:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dryfly.me\/?p=1608"},"modified":"2014-02-01T16:25:19","modified_gmt":"2014-02-01T16:25:19","slug":"micro-zonker-tube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/2014\/02\/micro-zonker-tube\/","title":{"rendered":"Micro Zonker Tube"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dryfly.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/dryfly.me_.2014.02.02.tube_micro_zonker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1609\" alt=\"dryfly.me.2014.02.02.tube_micro_zonker\" src=\"http:\/\/dryfly.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/dryfly.me_.2014.02.02.tube_micro_zonker-1024x614.jpg\" width=\"642\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/dryfly.me_.2014.02.02.tube_micro_zonker-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/dryfly.me_.2014.02.02.tube_micro_zonker-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/dryfly.me_.2014.02.02.tube_micro_zonker-210x126.jpg 210w, https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/dryfly.me_.2014.02.02.tube_micro_zonker.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><strong>Tail<\/strong>: Wapsi Micro Pine Squirrel Zonker Olive<br \/>\n<strong>Body<\/strong>: Hareline Chenille, Wapsi Micro Pine Squirrel Zonker Chartreuse<br \/>\n<strong>Flash<\/strong>: 4 strands of green flash<br \/>\n<strong>Hackle<\/strong>: Wapsi Strung Schlappen Green\/Black<br \/>\n<strong>Cone<\/strong>: Future Fly Drainer Disc 8mm Metallic Green<\/p>\n<p>Found this video describing how to use zonker on a tube, so I had to give it a go: I have used these micro zonkers before &#8211; the movement of these pieces are great. The pattern is really simple with a strip as tail, a strip wrapped around the body and then some hackle to finish it up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b6eQ6JRwKxg\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The rear-view shows how the zonker have been wrapped around the tube:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dryfly.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/dryfly.me_.2014.02.02.tube_micro_zonker_back.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1610\" alt=\"dryfly.me.2014.02.02.tube_micro_zonker_back\" src=\"http:\/\/dryfly.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/dryfly.me_.2014.02.02.tube_micro_zonker_back-1024x614.jpg\" width=\"642\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/dryfly.me_.2014.02.02.tube_micro_zonker_back-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/dryfly.me_.2014.02.02.tube_micro_zonker_back-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/dryfly.me_.2014.02.02.tube_micro_zonker_back-210x126.jpg 210w, https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/dryfly.me_.2014.02.02.tube_micro_zonker_back.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a>Front: the green disc from futurefly was the perfect match for this olive\/green\/chartreuese tube<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dryfly.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/dryfly.me_.2014.02.02.tube_micro_zonker_front.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1611\" alt=\"dryfly.me.2014.02.02.tube_micro_zonker_front\" src=\"http:\/\/dryfly.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/dryfly.me_.2014.02.02.tube_micro_zonker_front-614x1024.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/dryfly.me_.2014.02.02.tube_micro_zonker_front-614x1024.jpg 614w, https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/dryfly.me_.2014.02.02.tube_micro_zonker_front-180x300.jpg 180w, https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/dryfly.me_.2014.02.02.tube_micro_zonker_front-126x210.jpg 126w, https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/dryfly.me_.2014.02.02.tube_micro_zonker_front.jpg 1229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tail: Wapsi Micro Pine Squirrel Zonker Olive Body: Hareline Chenille, Wapsi Micro Pine Squirrel Zonker Chartreuse Flash: 4 strands of green flash Hackle: Wapsi Strung Schlappen Green\/Black Cone: Future Fly Drainer Disc 8mm Metallic Green Found this video describing how<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[185],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tube"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1608"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1614,"href":"https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1608\/revisions\/1614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}