F-C (Feather Craft) Marabou Leech

F-C (Feather Craft) Marabou Leech

Wet Fly

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: #10 wet

Thread: Black – or to match body color

Materials-

tail: marabou

body: palmered marabou

Notes:

Contrast the tail and body colors

Tie in a tail shorter than the shank length

Chose a marabou with a fine flexible stem (quill). Clip the tip of a marabou and tie in at tail by the tip. Palmer the feather up the body to the behind the eye pulling the fibers back as you wrap.

Tie off, clip extra, wrap eye, whip finish, use penetrating head cement.