Brian from Misfit Fly Co. ties a fly just like this and sent me a few. I copied it (though not as pretty as his). Then I got to tweaking it to see what it’d look like with nothing but zonkers. I dig it. This thing is gonna smoke all summer long.
Last year the big smallies on Beaver Island in Michigan loved leech patterns.. I think this will do the trick. I need to crack the 5 pound mark this summer.
Billy Williams said, Great flies. What do you throw them around with? Some of these look like they require an 8 wt just to fire them out there. Any special line or shooting heads?
Keep up the good work.
Billy
In reply to Billy Williams, Dave said, Thanks Billy, much appreciated. I’d toss this on a 7wgt. The heads are light plastic. They really only weigh what wet zonker would weigh. Because they have no weight, I’d fish this on intermediate or sink. I fish most of my flies on that type of line