About the Yellow Bunny Trout Fly

In desperate times on Arthurs Lake, such as early and late in the season when surface food becomes scarce, we tie on a Yellow Bunny and give likely areas of the lake a good flogging. There are two species of native fish in Arthurs Lake (a galaxid and a paragalaxid) that the trout regularly feed on. This fly is supposed to roughly resemble the bigger galaxid. The rabbit fur gives the fly excellent movement through the water, and it can be used on a sinking or floating line depending on the water depth. The retrieve can be varied from slow to fast and the fly can be fished in a team.

Expert Tip:

Perhaps the most memorable catch with this fly was in early March 2001. Nearing the end of a freezing cold day, guiding two beginner clients on Arthurs Lake, the score was zero fish landed. The situation was very desperate given that I had already removed the dry fly from Michael's line and tied on a Yellow Bunny. After a short session flogging the Yellow Bunny, Michael decided that enough was enough and started to reel up his loose line. I asked Michael to pass me his rod because it was a tradition to throw a long cast at the end of a tough day and wind the line onto the reel. I threw a long line and handed Michael the rod, he had wound about 2 yards of line onto the reel when bang! He was into his first ever trout on fly- a 3 pound brown.

Creator of this trout fly: Brett Wolf

Tier of this trout fly: Brett Wolf

Country of origin for this trout fly: Tasmania

This trout fly is designed to be fished on Still Water fish