Addicted to Creeks Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 Looking fir a recipe for a good crayfish fly for the salt river up here, also i have some 1/80th oz jig heads that i use for globall patterns, thought about tying some on there woukd you recommend those or dumbell eyes. i know i want to have that jigging action Fish always lose by being "got in and dressed." It is best to weigh them while they are in the water. The only really large one I ever caught got away with my leader when I first struck him. He weighed ten pounds. —Charles Dudley Warner
fishinwrench Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 Stalcup's Crazy dad is the one I've settled on, it's the only crawdad pattern I carry, but I have a hard time detecting bites with crawdad flys fished along the bottom. A big #4 rabbit strip leech will kill'em on the Salt..... probably better on any given day than any crawdad type fly. With the added plus that channel cat will eat them regularly too.
Addicted to Creeks Posted January 22, 2012 Author Posted January 22, 2012 thanks for the advice gonna have to add that to the need to tie list, Fish always lose by being "got in and dressed." It is best to weigh them while they are in the water. The only really large one I ever caught got away with my leader when I first struck him. He weighed ten pounds. —Charles Dudley Warner
mic Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 Stalcup's Crazy dad is the one I've settled on, it's the only crawdad pattern I carry, but I have a hard time detecting bites with crawdad flys fished along the bottom. A big #4 rabbit strip leech will kill'em on the Salt..... probably better on any given day than any crawdad type fly. With the added plus that channel cat will eat them regularly too. What color? I assume black.
Outside Bend Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 Yuk bugs work real well as crayfish imitations, too. Basically a woolly bugger with a squirrel-tail tail, and some rubber legs sticking out the side. <{{{><
BackCastingGolfer Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 I basically just tie a bunny leach with two tails to look like claws, flash for antenna, and sometimes use ribbing to give it a thorax. I tie them weightless, with just lead wrap, and with dumb bell eyes, gives you alot of options.
BackCastingGolfer Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 http://s1152.photobucket.com/albums/p481/djturner05/?action=view¤t=craws3.jpg
troutbum479 Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 Here's my go to crawdad pattern. Bucktail, swiss straw, crawdad dubbing, rubber legs and dumb bell eyes. arkmoflyfishing.blogspot.com http://okietroutbum.blogspot.com/
Gavin Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 Not really a fan of crawfish flies...there are two types that work...some that look like wooly buggers...you can fish those with motion....the other kind...you nymph under a bobber...Bill Miller craw, or a Clouser Craw is a good nymph fishing craw. A Pat's Rubberlegs does a good job too.
Flysmallie Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 This one is just basically a wooly. But it looks good in the water and works well enough.
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