love it paul, super nice work, very creative. show one to start because i gotta admit i was not diggin it until the end - the end result is pretty brilliant and fits the slogan and my sentiments exactly!
I’m going to have to go fishing in Colorado with you sometime, cousin Paul. I used to live there-I’ve always dreamed of fly fishing in the mountain lakes. Ever since “A River Runs Through It” become my 2nd favorite movie! Love your channel!
I love the Danvise. If you are economically inclined and tend toward function over name brand, then you might like it too. Have had it for some years, no problems or unique challenges. The base is my own design made of a diving weight from the 70's that my dad made. Nostalgia plays a role in my fishing. The desk i tie on was my great great grandparents and the scrap bin and some of my material holders are wooden train cars from a train set I was given in 1968 (I was only 2). But hey, I make do with heirlooms rather than store them and buy all new high tech brand name gear. You'll love the Danvise.
I just recently saw a danvise on auction but I got beat out unfortunately but everything I saw and heard about them I really liked , I will be getting one hopefully soon. Thanks for the video.
Dave Reeves thanks a lot!! I’m glad you like my vids. A lot of tying vids are less than two minutes and tell you nothing about the details of how to repeat the pattern. I decided to start making videos for just that reason. I wanted to share the subtle techniques that you can keep and use for every pattern you tie. Thanks for the props!!
Chris, I have had great luck with it on carp and smallmouth bass in warm water rivers. I tend to fish it slow in pools between riffles, though I have had good luck stripping it a bit faster through larger rocks in moving water. For carp I tend to let it sit, then strip it slow and stop again. In deep pools I have had plenty of fish take it on the initial drop or just as it hits the bottom on the drop. Good luck. Hope you like fishing it!!
I use a Danica vise also. Besides my vise, I use no tools except for hackle ‘pliers’ to put tension on my regular sewing machine thread. I catch fish all the time 😁
Love the material list. I may actually start carrying some crayfish in my boxes, finally. Thanks for a great tie. Paul, could you tell us what in what situations the pattern has worked...and methods you've used?
I don’t think of them eyes so much as ballast. I suppose you can place them anywhere you want. I choose to put them at the tail for two reasons. I think the motion when stripping in looks pretty realistic with the weight at the tail, and secondly I like the way the body of the fly tends to float upright and buoyant looking when resting on the bottom. I tend to fish rocky streams. Maybe on flat bottom it would work as well anywhere on the fly
Chris, I have had great luck with it on carp and smallmouth bass in warm water rivers. I tend to fish it slow in pools between riffles, though I have had good luck stripping it a bit faster through larger rocks in moving water. For carp I tend to let it sit, then strip it slow and stop again. In deep pools I have had plenty of fish take it on the initial drop or just as it hits the bottom on the drop. Good luck. Hope you like fishing it!!
Chris, I have had great luck with it on carp and smallmouth bass in warm water rivers. I tend to fish it slow in pools between riffles, though I have had good luck stripping it a bit faster through larger rocks in moving water. For carp I tend to let it sit, then strip it slow and stop again. In deep pools I have had plenty of fish take it on the initial drop or just as it hits the bottom on the drop. Good luck. Hope you like fishing it!!
Well Done, i need a good pattern to throw at the trout where I'm at. This looks like the ticket. Ty Ty
Let me know how you do with it!
Works great on California Delta strippers and bass.
Great crawfish,simple tie! Thanks for making the video!
Ernie
love it paul, super nice work, very creative. show one to start because i gotta admit i was not diggin it until the end - the end result is pretty brilliant and fits the slogan and my sentiments exactly!
I’m going to have to go fishing in Colorado with you sometime, cousin Paul. I used to live there-I’ve always dreamed of fly fishing in the mountain lakes. Ever since “A River Runs Through It” become my 2nd favorite movie!
Love your channel!
Thank you so much! I would love to visit and fish with you!!!
I love the Danvise. If you are economically inclined and tend toward function over name brand, then you might like it too. Have had it for some years, no problems or unique challenges.
The base is my own design made of a diving weight from the 70's that my dad made. Nostalgia plays a role in my fishing. The desk i tie on was my great great grandparents and the scrap bin and some of my material holders are wooden train cars from a train set I was given in 1968 (I was only 2). But hey, I make do with heirlooms rather than store them and buy all new high tech brand name gear.
You'll love the Danvise.
I just recently saw a danvise on auction but I got beat out unfortunately but everything I saw and heard about them I really liked ,
I will be getting one hopefully soon.
Thanks for the video.
Very nice, just bought my yarn!!! Love your videos!!
Dave Reeves thanks a lot!! I’m glad you like my vids. A lot of tying vids are less than two minutes and tell you nothing about the details of how to repeat the pattern. I decided to start making videos for just that reason. I wanted to share the subtle techniques that you can keep and use for every pattern you tie.
Thanks for the props!!
Chris, I have had great luck with it on carp and smallmouth bass in warm water rivers.
I tend to fish it slow in pools between riffles, though I have had good luck stripping it a bit faster through larger rocks in moving water.
For carp I tend to let it sit, then strip it slow and stop again.
In deep pools I have had plenty of fish take it on the initial drop or just as it hits the bottom on the drop.
Good luck. Hope you like fishing it!!
I use a Danica vise also. Besides my vise, I use no tools except for hackle ‘pliers’ to put tension on my regular sewing machine thread. I catch fish all the time 😁
Are you Mr. Lebowski?
The dude abides
Yeah? Well, you know, that's just like your opinion, man.
Love the material list. I may actually start carrying some crayfish in my boxes, finally. Thanks for a great tie. Paul, could you tell us what in what situations the pattern has worked...and methods you've used?
Very difficult to see the fly and your work.
Great film of you and your beard.
Yes, I know. Made that a long time ago. Didn’t have a very good camera for closeups. But at least you got to see my beard….
How do you like the Danvise? I am looking at new vises and it is on my list. What base is that?
To separate the claws before you tie them in make dubbing ball out of the wool your using for the claws hope this help's
Stephen welham thanks for the suggestion!!
Cant c it or what u doing to far away
Fly tying with Jesus. 😇
Do you make a larger crayfish?
michael paulissen yes, I do, but it’s completely different in design. I have been intending to make a video of it for some time. Thanks for the push!
It still baffles me why the eyes are tied in at the tail of the pattern. I always tie mine in near the head. What you have done makes no sense to me.
I don’t think of them eyes so much as ballast. I suppose you can place them anywhere you want. I choose to put them at the tail for two reasons. I think the motion when stripping in looks pretty realistic with the weight at the tail, and secondly I like the way the body of the fly tends to float upright and buoyant looking when resting on the bottom.
I tend to fish rocky streams. Maybe on flat bottom it would work as well anywhere on the fly
Juan,
Here's a link to the DIY lead eye making
ruclips.net/video/boZtUdfXdFU/видео.html
thank u
Chris, I have had great luck with it on carp and smallmouth bass in warm water rivers.
I tend to fish it slow in pools between riffles, though I have had good luck stripping it a bit faster through larger rocks in moving water.
For carp I tend to let it sit, then strip it slow and stop again.
In deep pools I have had plenty of fish take it on the initial drop or just as it hits the bottom on the drop.
Good luck. Hope you like fishing it!!
Chris, I have had great luck with it on carp and smallmouth bass in warm water rivers.
I tend to fish it slow in pools between riffles, though I have had good luck stripping it a bit faster through larger rocks in moving water.
For carp I tend to let it sit, then strip it slow and stop again.
In deep pools I have had plenty of fish take it on the initial drop or just as it hits the bottom on the drop.
Good luck. Hope you like fishing it!!