StreamerbeginnerAlaska
Egg Sucking Leech
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Available Sizes#2 - #8
Color Variations
Black/PinkPurple/FlameBlack/ChartreuseOlive/Orange
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Regional shopStrong match
Alaska Fly Fishing Goods
Matched on Alaska, streamer flies, salmon. Alaska-specific fly shop with fly categories for trout, char, grayling, salmon, and steelhead.
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Fly Fish Food
Matched on streamer flies, trout, leech. Strong technical tying and trout catalog coverage, especially nymphs, dries, and stillwater flies.
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Big Y Fly Co.
Matched on streamer flies, trout, egg. Broad by-type catalog useful for common benchmark patterns and inexpensive backups.
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AZ Fly Shop
Matched on streamer flies, trout, trout. Arizona and Southwest shop lead for desert trout, bass, canal carp, and warmwater patterns.
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Davidson River Outfitters
Matched on streamer flies, trout, trout. Southern Appalachian trout shop lead tied to the Davidson River and regional freestones.
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Visit sourceA leech with an egg stuck to its face. In theory, this should not work. In practice, it is one of the most effective flies in the state of Alaska. It appeals to the salmon's territorial aggression and the trout's egg obsession simultaneously -- a two-for-one deal that no fish in the river can resist. The marabou tail breathes in the current like it is alive, and the fluorescent head provides a target that fish cannot ignore.
Quick Facts
TypeStreamer
Difficultybeginner
SeasonsSummer, Fall
Target SpeciesSilver Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Dolly Varden, Chum Salmon
Sizes#2 - #8
Best LocationsKenai River, AK; Alagnak River, AK; Copper River, AK
Where to Fish It
Kenai River
AK · Salmon River
Alagnak River
AK · Salmon River
Copper River
AK · Salmon River
Map unavailable. Locations for Egg Sucking Leech: Kenai River, AK; Alagnak River, AK; Copper River, AK
Related Reading
region guide
Alaska: The Last Frontier of Fly Fishing
Alaska is fly fishing distilled to its most primal form. Five species of Pacific salmon, trophy rainbow trout fattened on salmon eggs and flesh, Arctic grayling in waters that have never seen a hatchery truck — this is the complete guide to planning and fishing the Last Frontier.
species science
Chrome and Current: The Science of Steelhead
Steelhead are rainbow trout that went to sea and came back transformed — chrome-bright, ocean-strong, and wired with a grab reflex that makes them eat flies they have no biological reason to eat. Understanding the science behind the chrome changes how you fish for them.
species science
The Great Migration: Pacific Salmon Life Cycles
Pacific salmon are born in gravel, grow in rivers, vanish into the ocean for years, then navigate thousands of miles back to the exact stream where they hatched — to spawn and die. Their lifecycle is the most dramatic story in freshwater biology, and understanding it makes you a better angler.
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