Boa Yarn Leech

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Is there a pattern here oh FAOL for the “Boa Yarn Leech” that Rick Zieger use for panfishing?? He seems to use it frequently and has good luck. Maybe that could be an upcoming Fly of the Week??

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You will find photos and recipes for most of the flies Rick ties in the Archive Section of Panfish. Look for these:

Rick’s Favorite Bluegill Flies (Part 2)
Rick’s Favorite Bluegill Flies (Part 1)

Rick’s Favorite Crappie Flies (Part 2)
Rick’s Favorite Crappie Flies (Part 1)

[This message has been edited by LadyFisher (edited 23 May 2006).]

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Hey Dog,
I brought the same topic up a few weeks ago in the Warmwater Section of the BB.

I have not figured out how to reference a thread but here is Rick’s answer to me:

Tie on size 8 to 12 hook.
Match color of thread to the color of the yarn.

Boa Yarn is available in yarn shops and at Wal Mart.

  1. wrap thread from eye to bend of hook.
  2. Fold 2-3 barbs of the yarn back over the base of the yarn. Then tie the base of the yarn on perpendicuar to the shank of the hook. This makes it easier to palmer up the shank.
  3. wrap thread and then the boa yarn up the hook. Do the boa yarn with touching wraps. Tie off.

This can be tied with a small bead head also.
Put one of these in the water near you and twitch your rod tip, do qick line jerks, ect and see what the material does in the water.

Hope this helps

Rick

The thread I started went on to include not only BOA yarn but EYELASH yarn also. And a swap was started for flys of this type. I got involved in a materials swap and now have about 8 different colors of both BOA and EYELASH yarn. Your best bet for the yarn is WalMart and you can get it in white and with waterproof markers make any color you want.

Clint

I feel closer to HIM when I’m fishing.

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I just got a digitial camera in and I am starting to play with it.

When I can get a decent picture, and know hwere all the knobs are I will give the fly of the week a shot.

Rick

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Here is a ‘hot link’ to the Panfish Archives:
[url=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/features/panfish/archive.html:8dbcd]http://www.flyanglersonline.com/features/panfish/archive.html[/url:8dbcd]

Rick, that is wonderful news! Hurrah!

LadyFisher, Publisher of
FAOL