The bootstrap leech is a fly I designed to fit a very specific need.

The goal was to create a fly that:

1) Looked like a natural food source that trout eat day in and day out

2) Is heavy enough to act as my main source of weight

3) Has no shiny bead attached to it, it checks all of those boxes

I use it as an anchor on a tight line system or as an attractor on a traditional indicator rig.

This is one of those flies that started catching fish the first time it touched water, and there have been no adjustments or iterations since. Stillwater or moving, It just works."

- Signature Tyer Hans Mylant