The Bunny Leach
Originally a simple leach made out of bunny fur, you can fish variations of the Bunny Leach strippin’ like streamers or rollin’ like Woolly Buggers. Try many different colors, conehead, bug-eye, articulated, with and without tinsel, and watch the fish come.
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Basic Recipe Card
Remember, there are many variations of the Bunny Leach, from color, to weight, size, etc. Here’s a basic recipe but get ready to mix it up, just like you would for a Woolly Bugger:
Hook: 2X-long streamer hook, in sizes 2 to 10
Thread: Black (or other color to match predominant fly color), thickness 6/0 (or 140 denier)
Head: preferably a gold or silver cone, or none at all depending on whether you incorporate bug eyes or not, depth of fishing, etc.
Bug Eyes: optional, if so drop the cone head
Weight: Lead-free non-toxic wire, diameter 0.015 – 0.030 depending on size of bunny leach
Adhesive To Secure Cone-Head or Bug Eyes: Superglue
Tail: Rabbit-fur, in color of fly, Zonker strip
Body: Chenielle or rabbit-fur dubbing
Finishing Adhesive: Head cement
How To Tie It
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