MICRO Sour Apple Leech Fly Pattern - Fly Tying Video

This is a great fly that I have started using this year with lots of success, as well as a few other testers that have done very well with it. It is light enough that it casts fine on most tenkara rods, you could go a lighter bead if you are using a very soft or full flex tenkara rod. And of course it works fantastic on a regular fly rod as well.

Fly tied by Brent Auger of DRAGONtail Tenkara.

Fly Tying Recipe Materials List:

• Moonlit ML211 #14 barbless fly tying hook
• Medium Olive 12/0 Semperfli Classic Waxed Thread
• Olive 2mm Moonlit Squirrel Zonker Strip
• Brush-On Loctite Super Glue
• My favorite Bobbin: NIRVANA Premium Bobbin

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Most micro leech patterns I see out there are black color but I have always found olive leech patterns to work much better than black so I patterned this olive micro leech after my very effective regular sized Sour Apple Leech pattern.

You can use a different color bead head but I really believe this apple color bead makes it even more effective on the fish so I highly recommend it. I am using a 3mm Slotted Tungsten Bead which I tend to prefer most of the time on this fly. You could use a smaller size (or use brass beads) if you are fishing skinny water, and on the flip side you could use a larger bead to sink much faster. 

Many micro leeches use a ostrich feather for the collar of a micro leech but I like to just pull some fur fibers off the squirrel zonker strip and put that in a dubbing loop for the collar. You can still make it a dense collar but still have a little more movement to your fly. Plus, I hate working with ostrich feathers.

Fish this fly in a dead drift or slight twitches. I prefer to sink it to the level of the trout's strike zone and then give it just the slightest twitches.

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