A crayfish pattern, if properly presented, spends so much time near the bottom it makes no sense to put a lot of effort into the tie. I lose a lot of these to snags and also to very big carp, so it has to be a quick and easy pattern. That was my criteria when I set out to design this pattern. Like you said, a lot of patterns are just too complex and time consuming. I'm sure I'm not the only one who fishes time consuming, complex flies very gingerly. We're less effective as anglers if we're not willing to risk our flies on the river bottom where the fish are and I don't risk flies that took me a lot of time to tie.
That's the BEST looking Crawdad pattern I've seen. I have tied six green ones and got my material in yesterday to tie up some rusty brown. I fixed to tie up some rusty colored. What color do you think I should use for a under color for a rust color buck tail? I'm gonna Large Month Bass Fish with them. I tied them on a #4 hook. The ones I've tied look great. Thanks for sharing that pattern with us. Tight lines and stay SAFE !!!... Mike Walters Alabama
Great, good luck with them. A rust colour probably would work best with a pale orange. That colour has the added benefit of looking like a crayfish that has just moulted and bass absolutely love those soft morsels.
@@hooked4lifeca Great, I just so happen to have some rabbit dubbing that color. I fixen to tie up a few. I cannot wait until late Feburary when the Bass go on the Bed here, to try them out. I have a good feeling I'm gonna catch a Lunker with your Crawdad. Thanks Again!!..
@@hooked4lifeca I sure will. The rust colored ones I tied last night turned our great. I'm really getting the hang of that pattern. The last one I tied, I tied in two moose main for antennas, LOL , they look pretty good.
That would be a bit tricky as the tail will get in the way as we try to secure the end of a heavy mono weed guard. With a simple fly, we just tie heavy mono to the bend of the hook, tie the fly, then secure the other end of the mono to the eye of the hook. We would need to leave space at the eye of the hook and finish the body shorter. We would also have to look at using a hook with a large enough eye as we normally pass the mono through the eye and wrap it down. It's doable, but it would take some planning. Weed guard sounds like a good topic for a video though - how to make a wooly bugger weedless.
Nice simple pattern!!! Where did you normally find your grey/olive bucktail? I have tied many different types of cray fish patterns and I agree they are way to complicated to be lost in the bottom of a river. I am going to try this out once my order of hooks has come in. Thanks for making the tutorial. Cheers!
A half hitch tool is simply a small bar of metal with a different sized hole at each end. They usually come in a set of three. We use them to put a half hitch knot over the hook.
This video uses the word fiddle more than I've ever heard.. Nice simple pattern. I'm gonna whip some up . Thank you
That’s quite a Beauty CRAW !!!! Merci 🎊
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Thanks for the great tutorial.
Putting the legs on last looks much easier and faster.
very cool take on the crayfish thank you
Nice, simplified tie. Some patterns out there are too complicated and take too long so thanks for this!
A crayfish pattern, if properly presented, spends so much time near the bottom it makes no sense to put a lot of effort into the tie. I lose a lot of these to snags and also to very big carp, so it has to be a quick and easy pattern. That was my criteria when I set out to design this pattern. Like you said, a lot of patterns are just too complex and time consuming.
I'm sure I'm not the only one who fishes time consuming, complex flies very gingerly. We're less effective as anglers if we're not willing to risk our flies on the river bottom where the fish are and I don't risk flies that took me a lot of time to tie.
@@hooked4lifeca 100% agree.
Good pattern. I'm searching for these materials now.
Thank you…looking for the next
Going to tie it on red. Tomine reservoir near Bogota , Colombia is full of invasive crayfish and invasive big carp. Let’s go for them.
Excellent pattern
It works extremely well. I have an old warmwater video that shows this fly in action.
Thank you
That's the BEST looking Crawdad pattern I've seen. I have tied six green ones and got my material in yesterday to tie up some rusty brown. I fixed to tie up some rusty colored. What color do you think I should use for a under color for a rust color buck tail? I'm gonna Large Month Bass Fish with them. I tied them on a #4 hook. The ones I've tied look great. Thanks for sharing that pattern with us. Tight lines and stay SAFE !!!...
Mike Walters
Alabama
Great, good luck with them. A rust colour probably would work best with a pale orange. That colour has the added benefit of looking like a crayfish that has just moulted and bass absolutely love those soft morsels.
@@hooked4lifeca Great, I just so happen to have some rabbit dubbing that color. I fixen to tie up a few. I cannot wait until late Feburary when the Bass go on the Bed here, to try them out. I have a good feeling I'm gonna catch a Lunker with your Crawdad. Thanks Again!!..
@@mikewalters4994 Let me know how you do with it. Cheers
@@hooked4lifeca I sure will. The rust colored ones I tied last night turned our great. I'm really getting the hang of that pattern. The last one I tied, I tied in two moose main for antennas, LOL , they look pretty good.
nice fly.. thank you..
how would you make this weedless?
That would be a bit tricky as the tail will get in the way as we try to secure the end of a heavy mono weed guard. With a simple fly, we just tie heavy mono to the bend of the hook, tie the fly, then secure the other end of the mono to the eye of the hook. We would need to leave space at the eye of the hook and finish the body shorter. We would also have to look at using a hook with a large enough eye as we normally pass the mono through the eye and wrap it down. It's doable, but it would take some planning.
Weed guard sounds like a good topic for a video though - how to make a wooly bugger weedless.
@@hooked4lifeca thank you sir for the feed back
Nice simple pattern!!! Where did you normally find your grey/olive bucktail? I have tied many different types of cray fish patterns and I agree they are way to complicated to be lost in the bottom of a river. I am going to try this out once my order of hooks has come in. Thanks for making the tutorial. Cheers!
My most reliable source is Bear's Den in Taunton, MA. I usually go in there on my striper trips to the Cape.
I really appreciate the pattern and mostly the simplicity of it for the beginner like me.
So, what kind of half hitch tool is that, how does it work?
A half hitch tool is simply a small bar of metal with a different sized hole at each end. They usually come in a set of three. We use them to put a half hitch knot over the hook.
Why do you mispronounce Nought without the N?