Alan -
Happy to share it with you. It's a fun one to tie. Wish I had a picture to
send along. If memory serves, I used the sandy leech yarn and brown foam for
the bluegill and bass foam pattern swap. I also think I tied it on a size 4
hook. Tell me how it works for you.
Regards,
Roger Cotner
Grand Haven, Michigan
Furry Crawdad
Tied By Roger Cotner
Roger's Notes and Instructions:
History & Acknowledgements
Bass love crawdads! Al Rockwood of Flies For
Michigan, developed the Furry Crawdad in 1990 based on
patterns found in Dick
Stewart's Bass Flies. This pattern originated with Walter
Siegried, with a nod to
Clouser and Ben Schley. Siegfried published in Fishing World
in 1990.
MATERIAL & TYING INSTRUCTIONS
HOOK: Mustad 9672, Size 2-6
THREAD: 3/0 Brown
WEIGHT: .035 Lead Wire
BODY: Sandy or Green Leech Yarn
BACK & HEAD: Olive or Brown Furry Foam
CLAWS: Fox Squirrel Tail - Two Bunches
This crawdad swims backwards, so the eye of the hook will be
under the tail. The
tying procedure may seem backward to you at first.
1. Wrap the thread from the hook eye to the bend as usual.
2. Leave 3" of lead wire free as you start to wrap the lead
from 3/8" behind the
bend to the eye. Overlap the 3" tag end of the wire at the
bend to form a carapace.
3. Cut a strip of furry foam 3/8" wide and taper one end to
form the head. Tie the
strip in by the nose (tapered end) at the bend with the strip
hanging out beyond the
bend.
4. Tie in a length of leech yarn at the nose.
5. Cut a bunch of squirrel tail, taper the butts, and tie it
in as the right claw between
the bend and the lead. Follow the same procedure and tie in a
second bigger bunch
as the left claw, or vice versa (i.e., bigger right claw than
left claw). Wrap each
claw at the base separately, circle the bunch separately, and
then figure-eight them
apart. Apply head cement to the bunches and wrap over them.
Take the thread to the
end of the lead overwrap.
6. Wrap the leech yarn to form an underbody from the nose to
the end of the
overwrapped lead. Finish wrapping the leech yarn to the tail
and tie off and cut.
7. Double the furry foam strip back over the hook, between
the claws and wrap it
down with three wraps to define the carapace. Spiral back to
form body segments
to the tail just behind the eye of the hook and wrap
securely. Tie off and whip finish
under the tail.
8. Trim the tail to shape and cut off excess furry foam.
Alan Di Somma wrote:
>
> Roger:
> I think a lot of us that fish for small nouth bass would like to have the receipe
>and tying instructions, if you get a chance.
>
> Alan Di Somma
> phxflytyer
> Phoenix,Az.
> http://members.home.net/azflycasters/index.html
>
> --- Roger Cotner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Bob -
> > We were both in Dan's Bluegill and bass foam pattern fly swap. Are you
> >referring to my furry crawdad fly? A 36" steelie? Wow! I better tie up some
> >more of those!
> > Regards,
> > Roger Cotner
> > Grand Haven, Michigan
> >
> >Bob Haering wrote:
> >>
> >
> ><snip> I caught the steelhead on a copy of
> >> one of the foam swap flys the crayfish one while fishing for smallmouths in
> >> the being of October.
> >>
> >> Bob
> ><snip>
>
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