Mo-Hair Leech (Woven)

[Phil Lilley]

Mo-Hair Leech (Woven)

Jeremy Hunt

Recipe:

Hook: 5263 TMC size 4-10

Thread: Uni-thread 3/0 color to match body

Body: Mo-hair yarn (two colors woven together)

Tail: Marabou color to match body

Tying Instructions

I already secured my lead wire. Build your thread down on each side of the lead locking lead into place. This is to prevent it from sliding up and down on the shank. If you ever question how much lead to use. It kind of is up to you, but if you want to know what size to use, here is the rule of thumb. They say whatever diameter of the shank size is the lead should be the same size around too. I usually use .20 and .25 for most my streamers.

Measure the tail to the length of the shank.

Cut the tail and tie it at the bend.

Butt the tips that you cut off with the lead at the back. This will keep the base even along the whole shank. Look at Pic 4 and Pic 5 to get an idea.

Cut two different colors of Mo-hair yarn about six inches in length. Advance you’re thread to the front and tie in each one of the strand on the sides and wind them to the bend. Advance the thread back to the eye.

Whip finish the thread and know you’re ready to start the woven technique. Before I forget to tell you. Depending on what side you tie the color that you want on the underside. You need to tie the one that will be on the bottom on the side of the shank opposite of you’re side.

The side on you’re opposite side is the one you are going to fold under and the one on your side is going to be the top.

Ok. I hope I can explain this step to you. It’s difficult to do this looking at someone in front of you. If you notice that one strand is olive and the other is black. The one that is olive is tied on the opposite side facing away from me. The black one is on the side towards me. With your right hand you are going to hold the olive and the black one with you’re left hand. Now say this to yourself when you’re doing this step, over under. With the olive one you are going to go under and with the black one you are going to go around the olive yarn and then staying on the top side. Repeating this step all the way up the fly. Olive always staying on the bottom and the black always staying on the top. The key is not to do a full turn around the hook shank with the olive. You just do half turns on the bottom with the olive and go around the yarn with the black.

Tie the thread back on while holding the two strands with you’re other hand. Tie the strands in and whips finish the fly. Glue the head.

If you have a dubbing brush you can really pick out the hair to create the fly to look messy.

Make it look as rough as you can.

Mo-Hair Leech (Woven)