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Based in Maple Ridge, B.C. Todd Oishi designed his "leach" (Vampires are also a blood sucker hence the name) fly with a tail of black rabbit fur or black marabou and with Vampire Vippy as the body. I have not been able to find any Vampire Vippy and tie my Vampires with UV straggle fritz which I first saw on John Horsey's "black straggle fritz taddy bugger" which was a remarkably similar fly except for the colour of the bead.

The original fly was tied with an orange and that variant has turned out to be a great option for rivers. The chartreuse bead replaced the orange bead to create what has turned out to be an outstanding for deeper still water presentations.

Materials

Process

A	Most beads have a large opening at one end and a smaller opening at the other. Slide a bead over the point of the hook small opening first and position it behind the eye of the hook. I have stuck with orange 3.0mm tungsten bead for my #10 river version and with a chartreuse 3.5mm tungsten bead for my #8 deep water version. Wind the thread in touching turns to the bend of the hook. Understanding hooks

B	I like to build my woolly bugger tails in three parts. Take about half the marabou you intend to use for the tail and tie it in at the bend of the hook forming an under-tail about one to one and a half times as long as the hook shank.

C	The photos I have seen of Todd's original tie of this fly show a flat silver sparkle material but I have stuck with my favourite tail sparkle material which is pearl sparkle flash. In any case include 4 to 6 strands of flash of your choice in the tail.

D	Take the balance of the marabou that you have set aside for the tail and tie it in on top of the under-tail taking care to ensure that equal number of strands of the sparkle flash are on each side of the tail of the fly.

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