CRAWFISH PATTERN??

Could anyone reccomend a easy to tye "Crawfish" Pattern?? Thanks! MIKE

Could anyone reccomend a easy to tye "Crawfish" Pattern?? Thanks! MIKE
Wooly bugger.

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Brown bucktail over gold Krystal flash (8 to 10 strands) over sparse orange
bucktail. Doesn't look much like a Crawdad to us--but deadly on Browns and
Smallmouth.

Dave M
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Could anyone reccomend a easy to tye "Crawfish" Pattern?? Thanks! MIKE
Wooly bugger.

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"Dave Martel" wrote in
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Brown bucktail over gold Krystal flash (8 to 10 strands) over sparse
orange bucktail. Doesn't look much like a Crawdad to us--but deadly on
Browns and Smallmouth.


Tied like a bucktail Dave? i.e. Tied in at the head?

Steve

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Could anyone reccomend a easy to tye "Crawfish" Pattern?? Thanks! MIKE

Joe Bruce's pattern is so simple *I* can tie it. The body is root beer
estaz, the claws are pieces of tan zonker strip. Barbell eyes for the eyes.
I'll be damned if I remember what the tail is made of. I'll go look at one
of mine.

Joe F.

Yes Steve--tied in at the head. I did fail to mention the 1/24 ox. brass
dumbbell eyes (can also use 1/36 oz).--so make sure to tie it upside down
i.e. the orange bucktail is tied on top of the hook--which will become the
underside when finished. Also--put the eyes back at the 1/3 on the
shank--not jammed up against the eye of the hook.

Dave M
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"Dave Martel" wrote in
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Brown bucktail over gold Krystal flash (8 to 10 strands) over sparse
orange bucktail. Doesn't look much like a Crawdad to us--but deadly on
Browns and Smallmouth.


Tied like a bucktail Dave? i.e. Tied in at the head?

Steve

"Dave Martel" wrote in
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Yes Steve--tied in at the head. I did fail to mention the 1/24 ox.
brass dumbbell eyes (can also use 1/36 oz).--so make sure to tie it
upside down i.e. the orange bucktail is tied on top of the hook--which
will become the underside when finished. Also--put the eyes back at
the 1/3 on the shank--not jammed up against the eye of the hook.


Thanks Dave.


Steve

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Could anyone reccomend a easy to tye "Crawfish" Pattern?? Thanks! MIKE


The best I have ever used for smallmouth bass fishing (and lot's of other
stuff) is the Foxee Redd Clouser - a clouser minnow tied with red fox fur
top and bottom and copper flash.

Joe C.

"Dave Martel" wrote in message
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Yes Steve--tied in at the head. I did fail to mention the 1/24 ox. brass
dumbbell eyes (can also use 1/36 oz).--so make sure to tie it upside down
i.e. the orange bucktail is tied on top of the hook--which will become the
underside when finished. Also--put the eyes back at the 1/3 on the
shank--not jammed up against the eye of the hook.


Sounds like a Clouser.

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Could anyone reccomend a easy to tye "Crawfish" Pattern?? Thanks! MIKE



I tied up a simple pattern a few years ago.

Hook: Streamer
Claws: Two bunches of red fox squirrel tail hair tied in at the bend.
Weight: Lead wire or substitute.
Rib: Copper wire
Body: Brown dubbing
Shell Back: Tan furry foam. You could use a piece of felt available at craft
stores for this too.

Colors can be altered to match the local specimen.

I'll post a pic of the fly at a.b.p.f.