StreamerbeginnerAlaska
Bunny Leech
$6.50
Available Sizes#2 - #6
Color Variations
PurpleBlackWhitePinkOlive
The Bunny Leech is what happens when someone wraps a rabbit hide around a hook and drops it in front of a king salmon. The strip undulates in the current with a seductive motion that would make a burlesque dancer take notes. It does not imitate anything specific, but it suggests everything predatory fish want to eat -- which, in Alaska, is essentially everything that fits in their mouth.
Quick Facts
TypeStreamer
Difficultybeginner
SeasonsSummer, Fall
Target SpeciesKing Salmon, Silver Salmon, Dolly Varden, Arctic Char
Sizes#2 - #6
Best LocationsKenai River, AK; Bristol Bay rivers, AK; Kodiak Island, AK
Where to Fish It
Kenai River
AK · Salmon River
Bristol Bay rivers
AK · Salmon River
Kodiak Island
AK · Salmon River
Map unavailable. Locations for Bunny Leech: Kenai River, AK; Bristol Bay rivers, AK; Kodiak Island, 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
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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