Lee's Leach Flies

The Lucy Jig

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The Lucy Jig is designed for those skilled trout fishermen that want to broaden their presentations from the average spinner baits. There is some skill in bouncing a jig off the bottom where the fish are - especially if it’s a fast run. These jigs are tied with 1/16 and 1/8 oz. heads and are tied in a marabou jig style pattern with one little twist—the “Lucy” top curl. They also are great for walleye and pan fishing.

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The original “Lee’s Leech Fly” is a fly tied with Alpaca Fiber and that is the secret of its success as a fly. The Alpaca fiber mimics the slow fluid movement of a Leech in the water. I have used this fly for Trout, Walleye, and Bass and have caught fish using a technique of pulling and pausing the fly to mimic the slow mountainous movement of a Leech in water. The fly’s are sold for $4.50 at the Alpaca Outfitters booth at the American Countryside Market and also through contacting me via e-mail – see turkeycreekalpacas.com
During the spring Salmon season I tie a little alpaca yard (orange) to the front of the Leech Fly. This presentation seems to work well to fool the fish that the Leech is onto Salmon eggs. I use white alpaca yarn that my wife, Liz hand spins and I dye it a perfect orange using Kool-Aid. If you are interested in this recipe for using cool aid for dying here it is:

One package of unsweetened Kool-Aid
Liquid (8 oz total):
6 ounces of water
2 ounces of vinegar
if you want the color to be less intense, use less Kool-Aid in the same amount of water. Conversely, more Kool-Aid will give you more color. For consistent results, dissolve the Kool-Aid in the water/vinegar solution and dilute the resulting solution.
Dyeing with Kool-Aid does not require a mordant.

Lucy Jig - Alpaca fiber on 1/16 and 1/8 Jigs

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$5.50 each see turkeycreekalpacas.com

Tied with 100% Alpaca fiber

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$4.50 each see turkeycreekalpacas.com

Pastel works

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At the top is “Fayza’s world”. This may look familiar, sorry A.W.
The 2nd work was done this past winter (December of 2007) on Turkeycreek. The view is over the edie where I fish towards the bridge over the creek.