walt winter wrote:

sounds good. i also tied up some hybrid "bunnies".... i don't
know the real name for the fly, it is a western steelhead
streamer pattern using crosscut rabbit strip tied in as a tail
and then palmered forward. i've been fishing one on the catawba
with some success and so the experimentation has begun.

They're called bunny leeches by steelheaders out West. Effective--esp.
in purple, black, orange, and red--on rivers like the Sandy for winter
steelhead. I dislike them intensely, however, because for winter fish
you want to get deep quick, and a bunny leech only sinks fast enough if
the fur is loaded with water (in addition to the fly being heavily
weighted) and it is therefore a pain in the butt to cast. Folks I know
who like most to use them are generally spey casters.

JR