Balanced leeches are fantastic all year round, they excell under an inticator but can also be retrieved to good effect. Tie them in all the colours you like for buggers and similar patterns.
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Materials list
Hook: jig hook 8-12
Weight: Tungsten bead on a pin (size 8-3mm, size 10/12-2.5mm)
Thread: 140 den
Tail: Marabou
Flash: Krinkle mirror flash
Rib: Small wire or monofilament
Body: @FullingMill Tactical microflash dubbing
Some popular fly tying books
Collins Illustrated Dictionary of Trout Flies https://amzn.to/4iEHbix
George Barron's "At the End of the Line" https://amzn.to/3h7SiA6
and "A Fine Line" https://amzn.to/2Rd41SK
Stan Headly's "Trout and Salmon Flies of Scotland" https://amzn.to/3io1WA0
Patsy Deery's book "Irish Mayflies" https://amzn.to/3bRcZ3B
Peter O'Reiley's book "The Flies of Ireland" https://amzn.to/3sxCnkT
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