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Pyramid Beach Leech

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Note: This recipe has not been verified against a documented source, or disagrees with one. Treat the materials and steps as unconfirmed.

SoggySleeves dressing

  • Hook Firehole Sticks 551
  • Thread veevus white GSP, UTC 140 denier white, Uni-Thread 70D rusty brown 16/0

Materials

  • Bead Wapsi 2.8mm tungsten Brown metallic
  • Rib Ultrawire black small, veevus holo tinsel small brown

How to tie it

  1. Mount the jig hook and lay a thread base along the shank.
  2. Bind a straight pin (with the bead pushed onto its point) along the top of the shank so the bead sits just ahead of the eye; this balances the fly to hang horizontally. Trim excess pin and lock it down.
  3. Wrap the thread back to the bend.
  4. Tie in a black marabou tail one shank length long, and flank it with two strands of flashabou down each side.
  5. Dub a shaggy Simi Seal body from the bend forward to the bead.
  6. Pick out the dubbing for a buggy leech profile, whip finish behind the bead, and cement.

Tying videos

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