Booby Vampire Leech

Booby Vampire Leech

contributed by Bruce Brandhorst

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Materials

HookWide gap streamer hook, Orientsun 5262BL Comp series #10 (troutbum.ca)
EyesRainy's Boobie Round Eyes, Medium, Fluorescent chartreuse
ThreadUTC 140, black
TailBugger Marabou, Black or purple
Tail FlashKrystal Flash, Pearl
BodyHareline UV Polar Chenille, Medium, Black or purple

Notes

Fished on stillwater as a beaded streamer. From a boat it is sunk on a sinking line and retrieved with moderately long, moderately fast strips with pauses. At Lago Strobel, long slow strips with a one-second pause let the fly rise, and takes usually came at the start of the strip. Sparser balanced versions are also fished under an indicator.

Published in April 2025 (Vol 58 No 4), page 13.