Crackleback

[MaxDrown]

Some of my top producing Crackbacks

How do you fish that pattern? What's your technique?

[Idylwilde]

How do you fish that pattern? What's your technique?

Dry! and at the end of the dry drift a strip back over grass or edge of grass.

[Ill Trout Bum]

I like to tie the Crackleback body using uni stretch floss...typically I tie them in Lt. Olive and Pumpkin color.

Dano

I second that!! My absolute favorite with a grizzly hackle.

[MaxDrown]

Dry! and at the end of the dry drift a strip back over grass or edge of grass.

I do not understand that sentence. Can you please re-phrase?

[Idylwilde]

I do not understand that sentence. Can you please re-phrase?

Fish it dry (ON SURFACE) through the normal drift. ( Normal Drift is fly drifting on the surface at same speed as current.) Then at the end of the drift when the current pulls it down ( Weight of the line in the current will pull the fly under the surface.) Then strip ( Hand pull it back) The fly is good when a hatch is occurring in the grass or edges of the grass line. Hope this helps.

[MaxDrown]

Thanks for the info. Very cool fly.

[MaxDrown]

Oh, one last question (maybe). What size hook do you use for those flies?

[Ill Trout Bum]

I prefer size 12 or 14.

[Terry Beeson]

Some of my top producing Crackbacks

Hmmmmm.... those look very familiar... Like they would be in a bin at Reed's...

[Idylwilde]

Yes they are. It's one of the flies I tied that worked so well they have them in the shop. The Red, Blue, Chartreuse,& Yellow are all great fish catching patterns on the Current River,& Eleven Point, Spring River. Tying some Midge patterns now to test out and see if they work well. I have not named them yet. As you can see I am the holiday spirit at the bench by the colors. LOL