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[stryker 07]

Need some instructions on tieng up a beadhead leech using this stuff called Bernat "disco"wool/material.What size and brand of hooks would be good also?thanks for any info,James

[flyfisherman]

Need some instructions on tieng up a beadhead leech using this stuff called Bernat "disco"wool/material.What size and brand of hooks would be good also?thanks for any info,James

Bernat is a company from the east coast that makes disco wool, if it's in a yarn one would wrap it around the hook and if a dubbing then dubbed to the hook, Aaron?

Interesting stuff, what color did you get it in?

Looks to be saltwater freindly too.

[stryker 07]

Green and brown ,rolls.Yarn type

[stryker 07]

Well i finaly tried tying some leeches,here theyare
hope this works.....Rod can you fix if it didnt work....thanks

[stryker 07]

 
Not bad for a ROOKIE
 

[marmot]

and the rattier they get , the better they work ....ive caught more on mangled leeches than clean ones, they get alot of mileage!

[Rodney]

James, you should focus your camera on the fly, not on your finger even though we know that you want to show off your manicure job.

[flyfisherman]

and the rattier they get , the better they work ....ive caught more on mangled leeches than clean ones, they get alot of mileage!

So true marmot, for the picture try using a tan background, as for the manicure there is nothing to manicure

[stryker 07]

my first try at some egg suckers

[RV]

Your right not bad for a rookie. You will find Rod's information valuable. Focus on the fly not the finger. Use a macro setting on your camera. If you don't know where it is then look for the flower symbol. Most cameras use a flower as a macro symbol.

One particular leech pattern that has been espically good for me over the years is one with a 1/8th gold bead head, an olive dubbing body, and a brown marabou tail. I palmer a brown hackle over the body which makes for great movement in the water. This fly has been a consistant producer for some very nice trout for me and the one's that I have given it to over the years.

[Steelhead King]

i got the same kind of material... i usually have a under body wrap, and use that material to replace the hackle....  As for the size of hook, i would not use anything smaller then a size 6..

[Terry Bodman]

mmmmm...don't agree on the size, SK. I've had great success with leeches tied on a #10.

[flyfisherman]

I thought the same until I found out Bill Nation never used a smaller hook size than #6,Next year I'll ty some up with the larger size and find out for myself I guess.

[Steelhead King]

Terry, i have lots of leeches tie on size 10 also, but for the material ( disco wool/ tinsel) that Stryker 07 were using, its turned up to be too bulky on small hooks, the flies just don't look right.

[Terry Bodman]

Good point, SK.