This Brown Marabou Lake Leech was connected by my buddy who has actually fished this pattern on Gold Lake given that 1974.
This is a fly connected by a good friend who fishes Oregon Waterfall lakes each year. In specific, he has actually been fishing this fly on Gold Lake given that the early 1970s, and with terrific success. I will follow my remarks with the dish, with the understanding that it is totally acceptable to replace products and customize this fly as you continue at your fly bench.
The important aspects of this fly are its size, the addition of a little weight under the body, and the total color. This naturally takes into consideration that the essential fish-attracting power of marabou is likewise fundamental to the fly’s action.
I’ll likewise include numerous crucial points.
1. This fly is connected on a standard barbed hook. Ensure you comprehend the guidelines and your objectives when connecting and of fishing barbed hooks. Sometimes barbless hooks are needed, however even if not, there are lots of excellent factors to connect and fish barbless.
2. This fly utilizes.015 lead-free wire under the chenille since this is real to the initial pattern list. Nevertheless, this is 2020 and is absolutely not 1974, so you may replace a bead at the head of the fly rather of, or in addition to the wire.
3. The other point is the lack of any sort of flash in the fly. I have actually ended up being so familiar with utilizing beads and flash in my nymphs and damp flies that I have actually forgotten the possibility that a fly may fish much better without these products. So in this fly, lies our chance to check the matter. Connect with and without beads and flash, fish both variations at the exact same time, and choose if these products impact the trout’s tourist attraction.
4. This fly can be connected larger and smaller sized. My buddy ties this in a # 8 3XL frequently since this has actually shown to be without a doubt the most efficient size.
Big Brown Leach– Gold Lake Leech
Hook: 3XL Size 8
Thread: Veevus 8/0 brown
weight:.015 lead-free wire, 6-8 turns
Tail: Rust brown marabou
Body: Brown chenille, medium
Rib: Little gold or copper wire
Wing: Rust brown marabou
I chose to share this fly now, since I recognized that there need to be fly tyers of all experience levels searching youtube and the Web of blog sites, looking for something to connect tonight. For the extremely skilled tyer, this fly may not appear to provide enough obstacle. However I’m thinking that even the most skilled amongst our fly connecting buddies may see this fly and believe … “wow, I simply bore in mind that I( have actually run out brown leeches for 2 years, and I require to connect some to re-stock my lake boxes.”
The extremely first flies i saw, the very first trout flies, were snelled damp flies, brought in a leather fly wallet. They were snelled Royal Coachman damp flies in Montana. I will always remember what they appeared like in my hand.
Thinking of my lake fishing buddies, some bring leeches of a vast array of sizes, and some bring just black, brown, olive, and claret.
Whatever your thinking, it is clever to ensure you do not let your boxes go empty on the brown, and I would stress rusty brown color leeches. When I state Leech, I imply to consist of all way of “Bugger” design flies in the household of leech-like flies.
Might you discover relaxation and a sense of anticipation for the coming season whenever you sit to connect.
Jay Nicholas, January 2021
