Double Bunny
The Double Bunny uses two rabbit strips — one on top, one on bottom — creating a massive profile that displaces an enormous amount of water with each strip. This pattern triggers the largest fish in any given water, as it represents a substantial meal. The two strips breathe and pulse in opposite directions on the pause, creating realistic living movement. Fish it on a sink-tip line in deep pools targeting large browns and rainbows.
- Type
- streamer (Streamer)
- Hook sizes
- #2–4
- Target species
- trout, bass
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Best seasons
- spring, summer, fall
Materials
- hook: 3X long streamer hook #2–4
- thread: White or olive 6/0
- body: Rabbit strip (below) and rabbit strip (above), sandwiching the shank
- flash: Pearl or gold Flashabou between strips
- eyes: Lead dumbbell eyes (optional, for jigging action)
Tying steps
- Mount a size 2–4 streamer hook; tie in a rabbit strip on the bottom at the bend, skin up.
- Tie in another rabbit strip on top at the bend, skin down.
- Add 4–6 strands of Flashabou between the two strips.
- Bind both rabbit strips along the shank with thread wraps from bend to eye, keeping them aligned top and bottom.
- Bring both rabbit strips forward and tie down at the eye — they sandwich the body.
- Optionally add lead dumbbell eyes at the 1/4 mark to make the fly ride hook-up.
- Build a neat head; whip finish and cement.
- Apply UV resin to the thread head and allow to cure; trim any stray rabbit fibers from the body.