Fly Fishing with Rabbit Strip Leeches

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So, we're going to tie this fly. It's known as a rabbit strip leech. It is made out of a strip of rabbit fur and it's supposed to look like a leech. You know, it might also look like a small bait fish, or even a crawfish or something of that nature, or maybe even a big bug. You can tie it in a lot of different colors. Darker colors, more kind of leech looking colors are probably the most popular, black, brown, purple, but you can also tie it in white, gray. You can tie it in pink, red, chartreuse, anything you wanted to. It's a nice fly. Not only does it look like a leech, but it's also a good bait fish imitation. Tied in white, you could put eyes on it. You could put weight on the body underneath the rabbit strip to get it down. You could put the dumb bell eyes on it to make it sink; make it ride hook point up. It's very, very durable. The rabbit hide is pretty tough, so you can catch a lot of fish on the same fly. You can also put a weed yarn on it, which would make it less likely to get snagged in the underbrush. So, this is a very good, very durable fly pattern and very versatile.

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