Tying Instructions: Mayer's Mini Leech

1. Mash the barb and attach the hook to the vise. Secure the thread behind the eye and wrap to the midpoint of the shank.
Step One
2. Attach both a red and black strand of Krystalflash to the top of the hook shank and secure the flash down to the bend of the hook.
Step Two
3. Bring the thread back to the midpoint of the shank.
Step Three
4. Twist the strands together and wrap the strands up to the midpoint of the hook shank and secure. Clip off the excess.
Step Four
5. Take the piece of Mini Squirrel Zonker strip and remover the front section of fur about 1/8". Step Five
6. Lay the clean section of the hide just behind the eye and secure with tight thread wraps
Step Six
7. Clip off the rear section of the zonker strip for about 2 shank lengths to give a 1" length to the hide.
Step Seven
8. Add a few more wraps to transition from the edge of the hide to the hook shank
Step Eight
9. Select a full Ostrich Herl by pulling it off the base of the quill.
Step Nine
10. Clean the base of the Ostrich Herl of fibers and secure that base to the hook shank just in front of the fur. Step Ten
11.Wrap about 8 times for a Ostrich herl thorax and secure the herl just behind the eye with a couple of tight thread wraps.
Step Eleven
12. Clip off the excess herl.
Step Twelve
13. Apply two whip finishes.
Step Thirteen
14. Apply some head cement with a needle to the thread wraps. Try not to get any cement on the herl fibers.
Step Fourteen
15. The finished Mayer Mini Leech, Black. Step Fifteen
   

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