Red Egg-sucking Electric Leech

The Red Egg-sucking Electric Leech is an ideal meal for rainbow trout because it contains many elements which attract rainbows such as: the great action of rabbit fur, the color red dressed with crystal flash and tinsel, and the ever tantalizing egg at the head of the fly. This fly works year round, but especially well in the spring.

*Blended Red and Black Bunny
*Blue-Red Crystal Flash for Body
*Red Tinsel
*#2 Streamer Hook
*Orange Egg for Head
*Fly-tying cement

Bend the barb of the hook down enough to slip the bead on the hook.

Secure the bunny strip to the hook, leaving about 1.5 inches of the bunny trailing as a tail.

Secure the blue-red crystal flash body to the hook.

Apply a coat of cement to hook shank. This will help the fly last longer.

Wrap body material forward, leaving about 1/4 inch of the hook shank free to wrap a collar.

Fold bunny forward and secure at the end of the body material.

Secure red tinsel on top of the bunny. The length should not extend beyond the tail of the fly.

Wrap the collar of the fly with about three wraps of the bunny. This will give the fly great action in the water!

Continue wrapping toward the bead egg head.

Trim excess bunny and tie off head of fly.

Final: Red Egg-Sucking Electric Bunny Leech

Fly Pattern, Red Egg-sucking Electric Leech: I wouldn't call this a totally original fly pattern at all, but a variation of many patterns that have worked for me through the years.
Photos: by Trevor Townsend
Tied: by Trevor Townsend
Instructable Design: by Trevor Townsend