Sanchez Sluggo Leech
Recipe:
| Hook: | 4 - 8 Mustad 3366 bent into bendback-style |
| Thread: | Tan 6/0 Uni |
| Body: | Tan rabbit strip; silicone caulking; glitter |
| Head: | Bead or cone |
Uses:
The Sluggo Leech is a variation on Scott Sanchez's Sluggo Fly. The bendback hook profile used in this pattern helps avoid hang-ups on weed and other structure, and achieves in a better hookup rate on fish than the traditional mono weed guard. These large flies are meant primarily for targeting largemouth and smallmouth bass; however, they have been successfully used to catch stripers, sunfish, pike, cutthroat and brown trout.
How to fish:
You can fish this pattern at any depth on full floating, through intermediate, to heavy sinking fly-lines. It works well on the drop, fished sink and draw, and also works well twitched slowly over and through weed beds and flats.