Minnie Leach

Instructions:

Tie in the thread and secure the zonker strip at the hook bend with approximately 1.5x the hook length sticking out as a tail. Wind the thread forward under the remaining zonker strip and wrap the remaining zonker strip forward. Tie off, leaving enough room for the head and eyes. Tie in a generous amount of flash on both sides of the body. Dub the SLF and wrap head or tie in Crystal Chenille and wrap head. Secure hour glass eyes in front of head with figure eight turns of the thread. Whip Finish and dub thread with head cement. Experiment with colors. This fly can be tied with matching colors for body and head or contrasting as you see here.