bruiser wrote:

"JR" wrote in message ...

you want to get deep quick, and a bunny leech only
sinks fast enough if
the fur is loaded with water (in addition to the fly being heavily
weighted) and it is therefore a pain in the butt to cast.

Try clipping the fur from the hide, spinning it carefully in a dubbing loop,
and winding it on the hook with no hide. They sink and cast WAY better that
way. It's very likely that you already know that tying technique - just
tossing it out there fwiw.

In fact, I'd pretty much gone over to marabou leeches instead. I used
to tie in several "sections" of marabou to be able to cover the whole
length of a 3X or 4X hook, but I've recently, thanks to a tip (and link)
got here on ROFF, started using this split thread method:

http://www.peninsulaflyfishers.org/F...hStreamer.html.

The marabou leech has more or less the same profile, and even more
action in the water, I think, but you're right: the same technique
would produce a much improved bunny leech. Good idea.

In any event, it's all increasingly academic. My desire to dredge for
winter steelhead wanes as old farthood tightens its own icy grip.

JR