OK, here's a new one for ya. Well it was for me anyway, lol. First off, it's so simple it's "Perfect!" I just bought a fly tyin' book the other day for the heck of it.......(you know how it goes, lol) ....... called Go To Flies. It is written by a guide, and is all about "Guide Flies." Very cool book,.........so i'm looking thrugh it, and the first fly in there REALLY stikes my fancy. It's called Stalcup's Extended Leech. For those who may not know. Shane Stalcup is a very well respected tyer who lives in Colorado. He does the show circut and i see him a few times a year. The first time i did the FFF I.C. (2002) in Livingston, Montana i was seated right next to him. It was VERY intimidating to say the least. But i got thru it and he was very nice and helpful. So here's the fly. I'd say just about any wet fly hook will work just fine.
I'm using some old antigue English hooks i got from Jerry in Wyoming, Allcocks T.E.D. Sproat Hooks, Rustproff, size 2. In the book it calls for a Daiichi 1710. You put a black bead on the hook and tye on right behind it. Wind back to the bend and make a medium (up to you i guess) size dubbing loop. Book then calls for a sparse amount of dubbing.... i'm using a bit more than that. Recipe calls for Sparkle Dubbing Dirty Olive. I've been using Wapsi Crawdad dubbing in Brick color, and on others i've also used Wapsi, Supernatural, original blend, in Sherry color. I've also used gold beads on some in both colors. You twist your dubbing loop very tight, then fold it over and tye in down for an extended tail/body. So remember your tail/extended body will be half the length of your loop. Then you just make another loop (regualr size) and dub it, twist and wrap up to the bead. Whip, cement,
and pick out, fly is done. Recipe specifies that you use a dubbing that has long fibers for picking out. Which is right up my alley, lol. LOVE this fly. mark
