There is an easy version I had tied up once and liked a lot. 2 body materials only!
Hook: Mustad 9670 2X long or equivalent in sizes 4-16,
Thread: Whatever, but red gets good bites
Ribbing: Some lead or heavy weighting wire
Body: Clump of full-length marabou fibers
Claws: Clump of deer tail hair (for stiffness, or good equivalent)
Claws: Clump of deer tail hair (for stiffness, or good equivalent)
Tail: End of the Marabou clump
Procedure:
NOTE: IMHO, tie the fly with the barb up so the fly rides upside down. Whatever you do, try to tie in the deer hair clump pointing 'up' (step 2) so the hook barb rides up and away from snags and the crayfish looks more natural in this position.
1) Start hook from eye to hook bend.
2) Tie in a clump of deer hair at the hook bend (preferably tie in a bit of dubbing to help 'flare' the clump). Divide with bodkin and tie 2-3x around base
of each clump to help separate them.
3) Tie in a length of lead or equivalent wire proportionate with hook length.
4) Tie in a small amount of dubbing near hook eye to flare the marabou base for tail.
5) Wrap marabou fibers full length (lay down a clump 'along' ['around' is even better but requires practice] the hook shank with tips towards hook bend and base towards hook eye) and tie very sparsely (just to hold it down) forward to hook eye. Try to tie down a clump long enough that some of the base ends project off hook eye over the dubbing clump to they flare and give you the tail.
6) Tightly wrap the wire (to make the marabou fibers stick out). This will give you the subtle crayfish ribbing and weight away from deer hair clumps to offset their bouancy and to help make your hook eye ride down.
7) Wrap off underneath the tail in front of hook eye. Whip it and laquer....and go
fishing.
If that sounds complicated, try tying it. It takes only about 5-7 mins to do the whole thing start to finish (for me, and I am a slow tier).
junaid from MD...
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Thanks to everybody for the great crawdad links.. WOW, there is quite a diverse number of patterns huh??? And NONE looks "easy" like I said... But they do look like I could do them (or some of them)... I just have to take it step by step by step.... Thanks again, Chuck
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