Making a Rabbit Strip Head in Fly Tying

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Summary: Tying off a rabbit strip leech and making the head for fly fishing. Learn about fly tying, leeches, lures, and fly fishing equipment in this free video.

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Making a Rabbit Strip Head in Fly Tying

So, I've got my rabbit strip up here toward the front of the hook. I just sort of tied it off and clipped it, but I got a little bit of rabbit hide sticking up there, so what I'm going to do is kind of pull all the hair back and then just use that nice heavy thread to smooth all that out, to get all that rabbit hair going in the opposite direction, make a nice kind of cone shaped head on it. You really want to put some pressure on that because you want to make sure that rabbit hide is secured there in the front, that it is a pretty really durable fly if you use some heavy thread and make sure it's nice and secure. A toothy fish, or a fish grabbing that is not going to rip that fly apart. This is very durable, but it's very important to make sure you get that really secure head there and besides it looks nice. You got a little bit of thread there that tapers it. That's a good looking fly.