Slumpbuster

This is a standard zonker streamer and can have many variations.  Overall, once you add more than 3-4 new materials, it’s hard to call it the same fly any more, however, staying true to the pattern and changing zonker and braid colors allows you to create a lot of very usable variations for this fly.  My personal favorites for this pattern are olive, black, rust and white.

• Movement Variations: These options create more movement or flash in the fly.  Adding some flashabou strips or rubberlegs (barred looks really good) to each side before you make the final wraps of zonker on the thorax/head of the fly is also common.
• Beadhead Variations: Using a simple brass or tungsten beadhead works for smaller versions of the fly, but I think coneheads still look best.  You can also get some fish skull heads or sculpin heads as well for this pattern and make this guy look really baitfish like or sculpin like with the head.  At that point, you’ve made it a baitfish pattern though not a leech/baitfish impression fly.  All good options that will catch fish.