Re: [VFB] Re: Crawfish patterns

[Jerryphl9]

In a message dated 4/25/2006 14:11:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 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 Chuck:   Let's keep it simple, tie a modified woolly bugger. I prefer to have the barb up.  Tie in dumbbell eyes on the top of the shank in front of the hook eye leave a space between them and the hook eye to tie off materials. Tie in two pieces of marabou on the top of the shank above the hook point.  You can split them or tie them in so they form a V.  Now tie in medium chenille, olive or if you can get it variegated chenille, olive/brown.  You can tie it in front of the "claws" or on top of them behind the split.  If you tie the chenille in front, figure 8 it around the marabou.  Tie in some olive or olive grizzly saddle hackle at the same spot.  Now wrap the chenille halfway down the shank, wrap it back up to the claws then back down to the middle.  The next step can be either simple or complicated.  The simple way.  Wrap the chenille forward to the eyes.  Figure 8 the eyes with it and tie it off behind the hook eye. Then wrap the saddle hackle forward, as you wrap stroke the feathers toward the back. to the hook eye, tie off and trim excess.  Build a bit of a thread head, and finish.  Take your scissors and trim the hackle even with the chenille on the top and bottom and on the sides half way up the hook.  You're done Complicated, wrap the chenille halfway down the shank, then back, then forward to the middle.  Make a couple of wraps to hold chenille, then wrap hackle through chenille, wrap down on shank, and trim excess.  Finish wrapping chenille toward eye, figure 8 dumbbell eyes and tie off chenille.  Trim hackle top and bottom.   Jerry C "All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia."