Junaid: Thanks.. I'm gonna print this out, lay out the materials and then
give it a try... Two materials sounds good to Me... That also was on that Lefty
tape I was watching... All ya need (in most cases) is the "shape" of a certain
fly, since, as he said, the fish only has a brain the size of a pea LOL...
Course that may be bigger than My brain, and that may be why I don't catch as
many fish as I'd like :(:(:(, Chuck
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Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 3:00
PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Re: Crawfish
patterns....how about 2 body materials?!
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)
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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<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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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