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Egg sucking leech3/11/2023 ![]() ![]() It is one of the most effective patterns for. Shrimp Pink is a classic but orange, red, hot pink and chartreuse all have been good fish producers as well. The Purple n Orange Egg Sucking Leech is an exciting and colourful member of the series of Egg Sucking Leech flies. Ice Dub, yes we know there are a ton of colors. Stuart is the first to admit that the egg-sucking leech is one of the most productive flies on many interior steelhead rivers, but he is just as quick to admit that he won’t be caught dead fishing an egg if it doesn’t have some sort of streamer affixed to it.Color is very subjective (especially during salmon season) but we like this fly in Black, Purple, and Olive color schemes.The 2461 is a great hook for trout and steelhead in most conditions but it likely will not hold up to King Salmon, please see the hook reccomendation above if you're tying for salmon.Matching the Leech 'Hatch' Another great advantage is how versatile leech patterns can be. The fish haven’t seen a lure for two weeks during the fire, and are eating salmon roe the three flies that will likely work will be any egg pattern, egg-sucking leech, and flesh flies, according to Must Read Alaska’s sportfishing adviser. It’s a logical evolution for a pattern that has caught fish on many continents for many decades. Egg sucking leeches are one of the most productive flies for steelhead and trout rivers when the water is full of eggs. Lure fishing for rainbow trout is catch-and-release on the upper Kenai. Many of our Northern Michigan rivers have special regulations regarding hook gap size. That’s the idea behind my Radiant Leechit’s a smaller, denser version of the old Egg-Sucking Leech, and it swims in a jigging motion with the hook up. ![]()
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