EasyRiser
10-14-2007, 10:09 AM
My latest attempt at the ultimate crayfish pattern. Here's the goal:
A fly that moves like a crayfish
A fly that looks like a crayfish
A fly that is fairly quick to tie
Its weighted to ride hook point up, so the tail dives when the line goes slack. This is the "year of the crayfish" for me, I've fished crayfish patterns all year long with good results
Hook: size 2 down eye 6 xlong streamer
antennae: peacock herl strands
Mouth and forelegs: Green bucktail and orange marabou
Legs: Green Saddle hackle
Shellback: Ultrasuade colored with permanent marker (make template out of #100 card stock 3.25 inches long)
Body: Lead covered with orange trilobal chenille. bead chain near eye for the dive effect
This one takes about ten minutes, less if I find a way to cut two or three shellbacks at a time ( ultrasuade). Tie a woolly bugger with a bucktail tail. stop the hackle about halfway down the body. add bead chain eyes, whip finish. Flip over in the vise, Trim top of hacke, Then add shellback over the bugger body securing the first segment with tying thread (ten turns) and then moving down the body toward the eye of the hook. whip finish again.
I know this color combination works well for western WA bass, I will be testing it out on yakima trout next weekend ;)
A fly that moves like a crayfish
A fly that looks like a crayfish
A fly that is fairly quick to tie
Its weighted to ride hook point up, so the tail dives when the line goes slack. This is the "year of the crayfish" for me, I've fished crayfish patterns all year long with good results
Hook: size 2 down eye 6 xlong streamer
antennae: peacock herl strands
Mouth and forelegs: Green bucktail and orange marabou
Legs: Green Saddle hackle
Shellback: Ultrasuade colored with permanent marker (make template out of #100 card stock 3.25 inches long)
Body: Lead covered with orange trilobal chenille. bead chain near eye for the dive effect
This one takes about ten minutes, less if I find a way to cut two or three shellbacks at a time ( ultrasuade). Tie a woolly bugger with a bucktail tail. stop the hackle about halfway down the body. add bead chain eyes, whip finish. Flip over in the vise, Trim top of hacke, Then add shellback over the bugger body securing the first segment with tying thread (ten turns) and then moving down the body toward the eye of the hook. whip finish again.
I know this color combination works well for western WA bass, I will be testing it out on yakima trout next weekend ;)