BUNNY MINI-LEECH

BUNNY MINI-LEECH

Hook : Daiichi 1130 # 10 - 14

Thread : Danville 6/0 Chartruese

Bead : Tungsten 1/8 or 3/16

Tail : Rabbit Fur Chartruese

Body : Rabbit Fur Chartruese

Fly Tier: Peter Frailey

Tying Instruction :

1) Slip bead head on hook and apply thread base in the usual manner.
2) Tie in a clump of fur for the tail.
3) Dub the body with a dubbing-loop, finishing behind the bead head.
4) Whip-finish.

Note :

1) Zonker strips are a good source of rabbit fur. Because they come in a variety of dyed colors, you have many options. Chartreuse and yellow are great for panfish and bass. I use darker colors for trout.
2) Use a kitchen Mini-Chopper to make rabbit dubbing from ½-inch pieces of fur.
3) A dubbing-loop is suggested because it results in a bushier appearance.

ABOUT THE FLY TIER

E-mail : frailey@fiam.net

After spending his childhood as an avid warmwater fisherman, Peter was coaxed back into the sport by his older son, who wanted to attend a local United Fly Tyers meeting. Now, fly-fishing and fly-tying are year-round activities. During the three cold seasons Peter fishes for trout in the streams and rivers of Eastern and Central Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire. But he still enjoys lazy days as a warmwater fly-fisher, float-tubing during the summer months on local farm ponds near his home in Eastern Massachusetts. Peter especially enjoys fooling fish with simple flies, tied with just one or two ingredients.