Materials for the Bunny Leach Fly in Fly Fishing

Series Summary

The skill of fly tying can be traced back to the 2nd Century A.D. Macedonian fishermen attached feathers and wool to hooks to create a fake fly to lure fish to the fishermen's lines. Fish have been taking the bait ever since. Many fly fishermen today tie their own flies not out of necessity, but for the enjoyment. Tying flies is an excellent hobby that calls for creativity, patience, and good hands. Though it may seem difficult to tie flies that will entice fish to bit your line, but it can be learned. In fact if you have an expert to show you how to tie flies you can learn very quickly. If you would like to learn how to tie flies for free, and online, you can learn from one of our experts here at Expert Village. Not only can you see the fly tying pattern, but you can watch as an expert shows you how to make the entire fly.

In this free how to video series, learn how to tie the Bunny Leach fly from professional fly fishing guide Jeff Wilkins. Jeff will teach you and demonstrate for you the Bunny Leach fly pattern. Learn what materials you need to tie the Bunny Leach fly, how to tie the base of the Bunny Leach fly, how to tie the tail of the Bunny Leach fly, how to tie the body of the Bunny Leach fly, and how to finish up the fly before taking it to the streams.

Video Transcript

"This is Jeff Wilkins for Expert Village. Today I'll be tying the "Bunny Leach". I'm going to start quickly just by going over the materials, we're going to use a 6/0 thread, uni-thread. A streamer hook, this is a Mustad 79580. You can use TM Coat 52-62 or 52-63, either of those. You don't have to tie this as a cone head, but we're going to use a cone. This is a size medium cone, this is a number 8 hook and the body is going to be a cross-cut rabbit strip. You can see the rabbit strip here. The hair goes not straight off the hide, but at an angle. That's what you need to wrap the body with. And the tail we're going to tie from a regular rabbit strip. This is a shar truse, this is going to give it a little bit of color. You can tie them either solid or two-tone, either one is fine. And then the flashavoo; this is an accent we're going to add for the tail which will give it a little bit of sparkle and flash."