Leech
Leech patterns mimic these common aquatic worms that fish can't resist. With undulating movement and lifelike profiles, these flies are particularly effective in stillwaters and lakes for targeting larger fish.
Balanced Blank Saver - Midnight Fire
The Balanced Blank Saver - Midnight Fire from Fly Fish Food combines the effective balanced fly design with the popular midnight fire color scheme. This pattern hangs horizontally in the water column…
Balanced Leather Leech
The Balanced Leather Leech is Matt Winkler's innovative stillwater pattern featuring an Ultrasuede tail that undulates seductively in the water. The balanced jig design suspends the fly horizontally…
Balanced Leech Bruised
The Balanced Leech Bruised is a stillwater pattern designed for suspended presentations under an indicator. The bruised coloration combines black and blue for a subtle variation that often…
Beatdown Micro Leech
The Beatdown Micro Leech from BCFlyguys is a proven stillwater pattern that has been kept close for years before being shared. This pattern features a custom dubbing blend of Arizona Synthetic…
Bloody Black Leech
The Bloody Black Leech is a large, weighted streamer pattern that's designed to imitate a leech. The combination of black and red can trigger aggressive strikes from predatory fish.
Brent's Vampire Leech
Brent's Vampire Leech is a stillwater pattern designed for aggressive trout in lakes and reservoirs. The striking combination of chartreuse bead and purple UV polar chenille creates a high-visibility…
Brian Chan BMW Micro Leech
Brian Chan's BMW (Brian's Marabou Wiggler) Micro Leech is a must-have stillwater pattern from one of British Columbia's most respected stillwater anglers. This simple yet effective pattern uses…
Brian's DLT Micro Leech
Brian's DLT Micro Leech is a versatile stillwater pattern developed by Brian Chan that effectively imitates multiple food sources including leeches, damselfly nymphs, and freshwater shrimp. The…
Brown Twilite Leech
The Brown Twilite Leech from Brent Schlenker -The Fly Guy is specifically designed to target big trout that move into the shallows during low-light conditions to feed. This pattern capitalizes on the…
Bunny Leech
The Bunny Leech is a straightforward rabbit strip pattern that maximizes movement with minimal materials. The zonker strip serves as both tail and body, creating continuous undulation throughout the…
Chan's Magic Brown Leech
Chan's Magic Brown Leech is Brian Chan's most productive leech pattern, demonstrated here tied on Sheridan Lake by Don Freschi. This pattern combines the translucent properties of Arizona Simi Seal…
Conehead Bunny Leech
The Conehead Bunny Leech adds a gold cone head to the classic rabbit strip leech design for faster sink rates and an enticing jigging action. The cone head creates a distinctive up-and-down swimming…
DDH Leech
The DDH Leech is Stu Thompson's dubbing-loop leech pattern featuring Arizona Simi Seal dubbing and marabou for maximum movement. Built on a heavy wire hook with bead chain eyes, this pattern sinks to…
Diamond Jig Leech
The Diamond Jig Leech is a Fly Fish Food pattern that combines the effectiveness of Arizona Diamond Dub with a jig-style presentation. The matte black tungsten bead and black red diamond dub create a…
Dub Thumper Jig Leech
The Dub Thumper Jig Leech from BCFlyguys is a twist on the classic dubbing loop leech. This jig hook version with tungsten head turner bead sinks like a rock to get into the zone fast while keeping…
Easy Simi Seal Leech
The Easy Simi Seal Leech from Fly Fish Food demonstrates the elegant simplicity of Arizona Simi Seal dubbing. This beginner-friendly pattern requires minimal materials yet produces a highly effective…
Egan's Half-Wit Balanced Leech
Egan's Half-Wit Balanced Leech is Lance Egan's simplified approach to balanced leech design, using an Insta Jig tungsten head mounted backwards on a jig hook to achieve a semi-horizontal presentation…
Enticer Leech (Improved)
The Enticer Leech (Improved) is described as one of the best leech patterns available. This updated version incorporates refinements that enhance the original design's fish-catching ability. The…
EZ Egg Suck'n Leech
The EZ Egg Suck'n Leech from Myers Flies Fly Fishing is a simplified take on the classic egg sucking leech pattern designed for salmon and steelhead. This beginner-friendly pattern combines a…
Feather Leech
The Feather Leech designed by Phil Rowley is a simple yet effective stillwater pattern that utilizes barred schlappen hackle to create natural movement and profile. This easy-to-tie leech pattern…
Flame Thrower Micro Leech
The Flame Thrower Micro Leech from BCFlyguys is a simple yet effective stillwater pattern utilizing UV Straggle (Brill UV) material. This micro leech takes advantage of the UV-reactive properties to…
Fritz Leech
The Fritz Leech is a simple stillwater pattern that combines the sparkle of fritz chenille with the movement of marabou. Developed for UK stillwater fishing, this pattern creates an irresistible…
Herb's Mylar Mohair Leech
Herb's Mylar Mohair Leech, originated by Herb Patterson, is a remarkable stillwater fly pattern that combines mohair yarn wrapped around mylar to create subtle flash that fish find irresistible. This…
Herman's Leech
Herman's Leech is a highly effective streamer pattern known for its ability to attract big fish. It has a long, slim profile that accurately mimics a leech in the water, with the addition of a flashy…
Hot Head Mohair Leech
Simple yet effective leech pattern combines the undulating action of mohair with a bright tungsten bead hotspot. The sparse mohair body creates lifelike movement in the water while remaining easy to…
Intruder Leech
The Intruder Leech adapts the popular intruder-style shank system to create a versatile leech pattern with exceptional movement. Built on a Senyo's Micro Shank with a trailing stinger hook, this…
Jigged Mayer Mini Leech Modified
The Jigged Mayer Mini Leech Modified is Bill Morrison's white variation featuring added rubber legs for enhanced movement. Built on a 60-degree jig hook with pink tungsten bead, this pattern offers a…
Jigged Mini Leech
The Jigged Mini Leech is Charlie Craven's jig hook adaptation of Landon Mayer's popular Mini Leech pattern. The 60-degree jig hook rides point-up to reduce snags while the slotted tungsten bead…
Jiggy Hot Head Mini Leech
The Jiggy Hot Head Mini Leech combines the proven Mini Leech design with a jig hook and brightly colored tungsten bead. The holographic tinsel body adds flash while the pine squirrel wing provides…
M&M Black Leech
The M&M Black Leech is a simple yet effective beginner-friendly leech pattern from BCFlyguys designed for stillwater trout. Part of their Beginner Fly Tying Series, this pattern demonstrates that…
Marabou Blood Leech
The Marabou Blood Leech from BCFlyguys is a super simple yet highly effective stillwater leech pattern designed for beginner fly tyers. This straightforward pattern uses marabou to create the…
Mayer's Mini Jig Leech
Mayer's Mini Jig Leech is Tim Cammisa's jig hook adaptation of Landon Mayer's Mini Leech featuring a UV-resin coated Krystal Flash body. The jig hook design reduces snags while the green flash body…
Mayer's Mini Leech
Mayer's Mini Leech is a compact, heavily weighted leech pattern developed by Colorado guide Landon Mayer. The slim profile and tungsten bead allow it to sink quickly into the strike zone, making it…
Micro Egg Sucking Leech
The Micro Egg Sucking Leech is Tim Flagler's downsized take on the classic egg sucking leech pattern, designed for pressured fish and technical waters. Featured in Fly Tyer Magazine, this pattern…
Micro Midnight Fire Balanced Leech
The Micro Midnight Fire Balanced Leech is a scaled-down version of the popular Midnight Fire pattern, designed for pressured fish and clear water conditions. Built on a mini jig hook with balanced…
Micro Silly Leech
The Micro Silly Leech is a downsized version of the popular Woolly Bugger-style leech pattern, designed for finesse presentations when fish are selective. Built on a mini jig hook with a matte black…
Micro Sour Apple Leech
The Micro Sour Apple Leech is a compact olive leech pattern from DRAGONtail Tenkara designed for finesse presentations with tenkara and light fly rods. Featuring an apple-green tungsten bead and…
Midnight Fire Balanced Leech
The Midnight Fire Balanced Leech is a complex stillwater pattern designed for suspended presentations under an indicator. The balanced design allows the fly to hang horizontally in the water column,…
Mini CD Euro Jig Leech
The Mini CD Euro Jig Leech is a compact jig-style leech pattern from Snake River Fly designed for euro nymphing presentations. Built on a small jig hook with a tungsten bead, this pattern combines…
Mini Leech Jig Radiant
The Mini Leech Jig Radiant is an Umpqua signature variant of Landon Mayer's Mini Leech featuring UV-enhanced materials for increased visibility in deep or murky water. The jig hook design reduces…
Mirage Micro Leech (M & M Leech)
The Mirage Micro Leech (M & M Leech) designed by Phil Rowley is an effective stillwater pattern that combines the flash of Mirage Opal Mylar with the subtle movement of schlappen marabou and ostrich…
Mohawk Leech
The Mohawk Leech is a versatile winter pattern from Juniors Fishing Company designed primarily for targeting walleye through the ice or in cold water conditions. The distinctive metallic red tungsten…
Polar Chenille Leech
The Polar Chenille Leech is a guide box staple from Kyle McCallum, designed for the San Juan River and beyond. This simple yet effective pattern combines a tungsten drop bead with polar chenille to…
Pumpkin Head
The Pumpkin Head is a popular stillwater fly pattern that was originally designed for targeting rainbow trout in British Columbia's interior lakes. Its bright orange bead head and marabou tail make…
Rick's Mini Leech
Rick's Mini Leech from The FlyFish Fanatic is Rick's go-to leech pattern that consistently produces results in stillwater environments. This compact pattern features the lifelike movement that…
Schultzy's Red Eye Leech
Schultzy's Red Eye Leech is Mike Schultz's signature pattern designed for aggressive smallmouth bass and other predatory fish. The distinctive red pseudo eyes positioned on top of the hook create a…
Squirrel Leech
The Squirrel Leech is a Charlie Craven pattern from Charlie's Fly Box that uses pine squirrel zonker strips for exceptional movement and a natural profile. The rusty brown coloration with copper…
Starlight Leech
The Starlight Leech is a heavy, eye-catching pattern originally designed for steelhead and adapted for salmon fishing in Alaska. Its contrasting black body and chartreuse chenille head create a…