	THE SPARKLE POND LEECH Courtesy of Max AKA FlashBackMax Materials List Hook- Daiichi 1270 Sizes 6-14 Thread- Olive 70 or 8/0 Weight- Lead Wire Tail- Hareline Dirty Pond Olive dubbing Step 1 - Insert the hook in the vise and coat the shank with thread Step 2 - Move the thread to the front of the hook and add ten or so wraps of .020 lead wire. With the weight positioned in the front, the fly will dip and dive when you strip it creating a natural swimming action like a real leech. Step 3 - Wrap a few times back and forth over the lead to keep it from moving. You can also cement it if you like. Step 4 - Note- The dubbing I am using is a mix of what looks to be brown angora goat hair and some sparkly type stuff mixed in. If you experiment I’m sure you could make it up yourself. Move the thread to the back of the hook and pull some of the dubbing apart. The fibers are long and you can make several layers to get the amount of bulk you want. Although don’t get it too heavy. Translucency is something that makes this fly good. Step 5 - Dub yourself a nice even body, but leave some room by the head Step 6 - Not really a step but flip the fly over, or revolve the fly in the vise. Step 7 - In the same manner as you did the tail, make a nice wing that lays over the body Step 8 - Tie the fly off and cement the head Step 9 - This step is optional but you can take a toothbrush or a gun brush and pick out some more of the body to make an even more frilly looking creation. Don’t pick too much though. The dubbing is coarse and it may revel the dubbing underneath. I sometimes take a red marker and dot a couple bloody looking spots by the head. I don’t know if that does anything but just about anything red has been the rage lately. When you fish it: Most times it’s simply a cast out and strip in retrieve. However sometimes I’ve found that if you use a super slow hand retrieve that can be very effective. The color of the fly doesn’t have to be exactly like this. I often try to match the color patterns of the leeches to the color of water I’m fishing. If it’s darker stained water, I’ll use a darker blackish color. If there are a lot of weeds or algae, use a olive type color. I chose to use this color for the example because it is a good general all around shade. The trout in South Rolly lake really loved this guy. So give it a try. I pretty sure you’ll see the same type of results. Tutorial Courtesy of Max AKA FlashBackMax

THE SPARKLE POND LEECH

Courtesy of Max

AKA

FlashBackMax

Materials List

Hook- Daiichi 1270 Sizes 6-14

Thread- Olive 70 or 8/0

Weight- Lead Wire

Tail- Hareline Dirty Pond Olive dubbing

Step 1 - Insert the hook in the vise and coat the shank with thread

Step 2 - Move the thread to the front of the hook and add ten or so wraps of .020 lead wire. With the weight positioned in the front, the fly will dip and dive when you strip it creating a natural swimming action like a real leech.

Step 3 - Wrap a few times back and forth over the lead to keep it from moving. You can also cement it if you like.

Step 4 - Note- The dubbing I am using is a mix of what looks to be brown angora goat hair and some sparkly type stuff mixed in. If you experiment I’m sure you could make it up yourself.

Move the thread to the back of the hook and pull some of the dubbing apart. The fibers are long and you can make several layers to get the amount of bulk you want. Although don’t get it too heavy. Translucency is something that makes this fly good.

Step 5 - Dub yourself a nice even body, but leave some room by the head

Step 6 - Not really a step but flip the fly over, or revolve the fly in the vise.

Step 7 - In the same manner as you did the tail, make a nice wing that lays over the body

Step 8 - Tie the fly off and cement the head

Step 9 - This step is optional but you can take a toothbrush or a gun brush and pick out some more of the body to make an even more frilly looking creation. Don’t pick too much though. The dubbing is coarse and it may revel the dubbing underneath. I sometimes take a red marker and dot a couple bloody looking spots by the head. I don’t know if that does anything but just about anything red has been the rage lately.

When you fish it:

Most times it’s simply a cast out and strip in retrieve. However sometimes I’ve found that if you use a super slow hand retrieve that can be very effective. The color of the fly doesn’t have to be exactly like this. I often try to match the color patterns of the leeches to the color of water I’m fishing. If it’s darker stained water, I’ll use a darker blackish color. If there are a lot of weeds or algae, use a olive type color. I chose to use this color for the example because it is a good general all around shade.

The trout in South Rolly lake really loved this guy. So give it a try. I pretty sure you’ll see the same type of results.

Courtesy of Max

AKA

FlashBackMax

Tutorial Courtesy of Max

AKA

FlashBackMax