Posts by Fly Fishing the Sierra

Shock Collar Leech, Black/Chartreuse Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread and Head Body Wing Tail Collar Shock Collar Leech Designed by Matt Winkler, an Umpqua Signature tier. Matt is originally from New Jersey and currently works at Charlie’s Flybox in Arvada, CO. This leech pattern was designed to be very visible in…

Randy’s Belly Boat Fly, Crawdad Orange Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Head Body Thorax Wing Tail Overwing Randy’s Belly Boat Fly Randy Sievers came up with a trolling pattern, marketed by J. Fair, called Randy’s Belly Boat Fly. It is basically a Marabou leech pattern using J. Fair’s Shuck material for…

Brown Mohair Leech Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Head Body Blend of with 1/2 Fiery Brown, 1/8 Red, 1/8 Ginger, 1/8 Black, 1/8 Olive Tail with 2 strands Ribbing with 2 strands Mohair Leech The Mohair Leech is one of my favorite stillwater flies. I first saw this pattern in early…

Mayer’s Mini Leech , Black Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Wing Mayer’s Mini Leech Many times the leech pattern you need is just tied too big or too long to mimic the natural leeches found in many streams or lakes. I experienced this while fishing at Panguitch Lake in…

Marabou Leech, Black Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Head Weight Body Thread wraps over Tail Mid Wing and Forward Wing and over the Forward Wing Marabou Leech Designed by Hal Janssen. Hal got his first inspiration in 1957 as he designed a Marabou Leech for Black Bass based upon an earlier…

Pattern Name Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Head Body , , Blend with 2 strands each Tail with 2 strands each Kaufmann’s Mini Leech Randall Kaufmann’sMini Leechwas introduced in early 1990’s and closely resembles the Mohair Leech. The main difference is that Randall uses the TMC 200R hook that has a…

Bead Head Olive Hale Bopp Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Head Body Tail Collar Hale Bopp Leech TheHale Bopp Leechwas designed by Derek Fergus and Mark Knoch in the summer of 1995 at Oregon’s Davis Lake. They tied the pattern at night while camping on the lake as the Hale Bopp…

Egg Sucking Leech, Purple Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Head with Weight Body palmered with Tail with 2 strands Collar Egg Sucking Leech There’s an unwritten rule among fly fishers that egg patterns are just like fishing with bait. Why eggs are any different than an insect food source is beyond…

Chinchilla Bunny Leech Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Head Underbody Body/Tail Flash Strands of Collar Ribbing Bunny Leech Rabbit Zonker strips make an excellent material to imitate leeches. The material takes a little time to get itself waterlogged but once it is fully saturated, it performs with the convincing undulating pattern…