RED AND BLACK CONEHEAD LEECH

SUBMITTED BY: Ruben Breitkreutz


Fly Tied and Photo taken by Ruben Breitkreutz

This is another pattern that I received from Brian Chan at the 2001 Outdoor Show.

FISHING METHOD:  I have fished this pattern on both floating and sinking lines. In shallow water, use a slow pull retrieve with several short 2 to 4 inch pulls every 15-20 seconds. In the evening, you may want to speed up you retrieve. On sinking lines let the fly sink near the bottom before you start your retrieve. I use a 3 to 4 second full hand twist with several 2 to 6 inch pulls to retrieve the fly.  

 Hook  Mustad R-72  size 10-2x or 12-3x
 Thread  6/0 black
 Bead  Small conehead  copper/black/silver/gold
 Tail  Arizona Synthetic dubbing- Black and Red
 Body  Arizona Synthetic dubbing - Black and Red

TYING NOTES: 

  1. Pinch your barb down and slide the conehead on the hook.

  2. Start the tying thread behind the conehead and lay a thread base down on the shank of the hook.

  3. Twist and tie in a small amount of body material for the tail.

  4. Form a dubbing loop and add the body material in the loop in sparse quantities. 

  5. Twist the loop in to a dubbing noodle.

  6. Pull the fibres in one direction before you wind the noodle up the hook shank.

  7. Whip finish  and brush the fibres back.

  8. Soak the fly in hot water to take the memory out of the body and tail material.

   CAUTION: Be sure to hang on to your rod while fishing this pattern. Good Luck!