Flies And Finesse

The simi seal leech is a great pattern for warmwater or stillwater fishing. For this tutorial I added legs to the simi seal leech to give it more action than usual. Leech patterns always work exceptionally well when fished around dense cover or brush. Materials: 1. Simi seal dub 2. Streamer hook in your choice size 3. Rubber legs 4. A bead that fist with your hook 5. Thread Step 1. Put your bead on your hook and bring the thread back to the point where the bend of the hook begins. Step 2. V tie simi seal dub to create a tail and tie in 3 legs on either side of the hook. Step 3. Create a dubbing loop with simi seal dub to form the body of this fly. Step 4. Tie in 3 more legs on either side of the hook up front and whip finish. Your fly is now complete and ready to be fished. I recommend fishing this fly aggressively in still water to create motion with the legs. When fishing moving water you can fish this pattern a bit more slo...

 The zoo couger is a classic fly pattern for trout and bass that was developed by Kelly Galloup. It’s deer hair head sheds water and dives when used with a sinking line. The fly is best fished with a hard strip then a pause. Materials needed: Thread of choice(preferably GSP for the deer hair) Marabou Deer hair Mallard flank Dubbing Tinsel Step 1: start your thread a little ways behind the hook eye to mark where you will start your deer hair head. End your thread between the barb and the hook point and make a small thread bulb to support the marabou Step 2: tie in your tinsel right in front of the marabou. After this wrap dubbing up to just shy of where you started the thread to leave room for a mallard flank feather Step 3: wrap your tinsel through the dubbing to further secure it to the hook shank and add a little bit of flash to the body Step 4: tie in your mallard flank feather with the concave side facing down. You can also add a little bit of calf tail or deer hair to help sup...

Leeches are great streamers to have in your box. When fished on bass beds or near shelter they can get a ton of strikes and have incredible action. Leeches are highly effective for bass and crappie on beds or around brush but can also catch plenty of trout and even pike. This fly is about as simple as it gets when it comes to leeches. It is loosely based on the creek leech but is a pretty generic leech pattern. Materials needed: Olive zonker strip Rubber legs Tan dubbing Streamer hook Dumbell eyes Olive thread Step 1. Bring the thread a short distance back from the hook eye. You will need enough space to tie in a pair of dumbell eyes with some room to spare for the zonker strip later on. Step 2. Tie in your dumbell eyes using x-wraps. The dumbell eyes on this pattern help it sink down in the water column more quickly and also provide a bit of jigging action on the water. Once you have a fair amount of thread on the eyes you can apply a small drop of adhesive and...