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Purple Egg Sucking Leech

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Fly Fish Erie

Ingredients

  1. Tail : Purple Marabou
  2. Body : Krystal Flash
  3. Body : Purple Leech Yarn
  4. Head : Glow bug yarn

Instructions

  1. Tie in purple marabou for tail, about hook shank length. Attach 3 strands of Krytal flash on each side. Bind down leech yarn along shank of hook, leaving room at the head of the fly for a small glo-bug or chenille egg. Wind leech yarn up the hook shank, pulling excess fibers rearward. Tie a glow bug for the head of the fly or wrap several turns of chenille for an egg.
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