That a go to fly here in Missouri!! Its really popular at Bennett Spring state park. Good fly, I fish it alot. I fond it's best fished under the surface!! Trout and smallmouth love it. I have even caught Shad on it!!!
Another easy fly to do, for some reason it reminds me of a wolly worm, which is another good fly to tie using different colors. Thanks for sharing Matt. 👍.
The blue crackleback is a common favorite in the Bennett Spring/Niangua River area of Missouri. Well, people I've talked to at least. I've tied a few bankside and passed them out. Lol they absolutely work! Easy, effective little fly!
One of the greatest lies, never fails my mentor Charlie ebling fishes it and has never had it fail his friends have never had it fail and he came from Minnesota this way fishing it. It's a simple fly but I great one. Matt thank you for tying it for the other viewers it's something perfect and easy very fishable for both beginners and experience a lot. You're awesome, your channel is awesome, I always love enjoying your videos your personality and your drive to keep fly tying and expensive art. Your friend Luke
Well thank you Luke; I appreciate these kind words! And I need to thank YOU for requesting this one. I've fished a similar one but never this exact pattern. I'm going to change that this year and put a handful of these in my fly box. :-)
Cool little fly there! I've shopped Feather Craft several times online. I never noticed that they have an actual catalog they mail out. I'm old fashioned, I like to page through catalogs. Thanks for the tip Matt!
This is my go to shop here in STL, James and his Dad Tom take great care of me. On their recommendation I have tied many of these, and have had great success with them.
Looks like a fantastic looking Palmer Worm variant of at least a close decendant! Love that these can be fished dry and wet on the same cast! Thanks for the inspiration! Going to put a few in my fly box! Cheers Matt!
Thanks John! I always appreciate the comments my friend. :-) And same here... after reading all these comments, I'm putting a few more in my fly box this year!
I was giving your question on the type of dubbing some thought when you gave up the answer. After listening to the history on the pattern and tying it, you looked and sounded like you were having a howling good time. Bravo Zulu.
Good morning Matt. ☕️. Nice and easy pattern today. Didn’t freeze last night and we’re getting a little rain. Most of our snow has left but still lots north of here my son tells me. Time for another ☕️. Take care Matt and have a great week.
@@SavageFlies It isn’t that bad Matt and you’d get used to it but there is a reason why there are many Canadians that follow the birds south. Fishing for our native species in the Central Zone doesn’t open until mid May but we can fish some of stocked trout waters earlier. This part of the year where it can’t make up its mind whether it’s going to be spring or a longer winter is always messy. During this time of year you can often experience the 4 seasons in one day.
Appreciate it! Definitely put a couple of these in your box. Naturals are great, but don't forget greens and purples. Sometimes they key in on the crazy colors. :-)
One thing that stood out in their catalog was Ed’s words of wisdom and fishing advice.Their catalog is great but I do miss Ed’s input.This pattern works everywhere no matter what the water condition.Good choice,Matt.
OK, never would have guessed coyote! Also, this was good timing as I have been wanting to tie this pattern. Have a good day, this was a good start to mine.
Really slick looking fly. And easy to tie from the comments it looks to be a fish catcher! I will tie a few up and see what it can catch. Thanks Matt !
Good morning Matt☕️☕️ That was beautiful and simple a lot to be said about that. And was so relaxing and my coffee and enjoyed. You and the family stay safe and well👍
Thanks Jim! I just got back in town and saw your pictures. Nice! But I couldn't tell how big the one that got away was. Are you sure there was something there?? You sent me a picture of water. :-)
@@SavageFlies 🤣🤣🤣 Yeah if you look close you can see the out line of the tail and body. Or maybe I am just imagining things🤣🤣 being hopeful Glad your back safe, heading to the pond before the rain. And then going striper fishing Thursday. The weather is supposed to be perfect will see👍
Wow that seems to be a pretty easy one to tie. But sure looks great when finished. Another great fly that could be done in many color combinations. Thank you Matt for this video. Great tying job Sir.
Very nice Matt!! I’ll definitely give this a try!! Thanks for the shout out for Feather Craft Fly Shop, I’m going to check them out!! Thanks for sharing Matt!!
Morning Matt. That is a great fly for beginners. It was one of my beginners. I like the color. That may be the fly to go for in Pyramid. Thanks, I forgot about this one.
Good morning sir Matt. This is one of my favorites. I keep a few in different colors in my box all the time. The colors that work well for me are black beaver body with a red grizzly hackel. Thank you for sharing one of my favorites. Have a great day and stay safe my friend.
Nicely tied and a great pattern. I fish these in a olive or a orange dubbing also I'll use a white dry fly hackle. Caught many trout with this pattern. Thanks for sharing
Favorite pattern as I learned to fly fish in St. Louis and frequented Feather Craft. The original crackleback body is dyed turkey although many people tie variants.
Reminds me of an pattern that is supposed to be a dry fly that simulates a ball of Adult Midges breeding. On which I got a vicious strike on a creek near Hagerstown. Neat pattern Matt, thanks for Sharing.
Probably 20 years ago, I stared tying and fishing a modified version of a Crackleback and your video is very close to what I tie and fish. In fact, with the exception of a Red Palmer (red thread; solid peacock body and brown saddle hackle), those are pretty much the only dry flies I fish. Awhile back, I tied Cracklebacks with 16 or 18 different colored bodies and found that the two colors that worked best in the Wisconsin and Michigan waters that I fish, were a Light Olive (Pale Evening Dun Superfine dubbing) or Pale Yellow (Pale Morning Dun Superfine Dubbing)! Size 14 (and a few size 12) Daiichi 1190 barbless hooks are used mainly; the two Superfine dubbings; two strands of green peacock herl; black thread; but I use a Whiting saddle hackle (instead of a cape hackle) with 3 turns of tightly wound hackle at the end of the hook shank with 6 1/2 hackle turns before doing a whip finish. When tying in the saddle hackle, I place the long, concave end of the hackle against the end of the hook away from me so that when the 3 turns are made, a slight brown tail is made. With these 9 1/2 hackle turns, this fly floats like a cork. Lastly, many years ago, I found a reference to a reference to a Frederic Halford dressing called an “Olive Palmer” that used an olive colored body with a palmered brown hackle BUT the peacock herl was used as a ribbing under the palmered hackle.
Great comment; thank you! I love getting testimonials for some of these older, and sometimes lesser known, patterns. But it from reading all these comments, it seems like this one is a lot more popular than I realized. I'm not sure why it's not in more books out there. I'll have to change that when I write my first book. :-) Thanks again for the note!
That fly is as old as me, and my back crackles too! Nice one Matt, great tip on number of hackle wraps for surface fishing. I'm surprised you didn't use the turkey round fibers that Story used for the body. I still can't figure out if it's the biot side of the wing quill, doesn't look like it on the video of Story tying it. And I think the "rounds" are secondary feathers and the biots come from the leading edge of the primary feather, right? But I've seen them tied with a biot body too. Guess it doesn't matter, all kinds of materials are used for the body. Very close to the Woolly Worm any way. Or the offspring of a Woolly and Griffith's Gnat ;o) That reminds me, I haven't had a Bulletin/catalog since 2020, I must be getting the wrong "cookies". Thanks Matt, great classic! 🤓👍
Great questions Joe. I could not tell what he meant by the "rounds." I was thinking maybe it was just long fibers, kind of twisted together and tied like we do the bodies of pheasant tails. The biots are definitely the leading edge of the feathers, but would give it an entirely different look. But yep, it reminded me very much of the Woolly Worm when tying this one. As far as crackling goes, oh man, that could be my back, my elbows, or my knees these days! But a fly called the Crackleknee just doesn't have the same ring to it. :-)
@@SavageFlies Ha!😆 Cracleknee has a nice ring to it. Well I now know the fibers are the long ones on the trailing edge of a secondary flight feather (WING). The biots are on the leading edge of the primary flight feather. The "rounds" are secondary flight feathers. Story used turkey rounds. I can't say ALL birds have these feathers but MOST do and vary in size according to size of bird. I've seen tiers use both. Does it matter? I don't think so, use any material you want, you're tying it so it's your fly - as D. McPhail says 🤔If you need goose or duck primary flight feathers check out ponds when they're DONE nesting, they molt these feathers. Check local laws first! 👮Thanks Matt, another gem of a tutorial!🤓👍
That's a great looking fly Zack, but a pretty tough tie. I'll play around with it but I'm not entirely sure how to pull off the "Deer hair hair tips fixed in micro loop" for the legs. And I can't quite tell what that head is. Black foam maybe?
@@SavageFlies I don't know, Just thought you might be interested in a different fly. Thanks again! Thanks to some research, the head is for sure black foam.
Hi Matt. Recently new subscriber here. Enjoying your channel a lot. Thank you so much. Question would it be bad to add a thin counter wrapped wire for toughness?
Thanks Mark, and not a bad idea at all! Particularly if you want to fish it wet. Or just use an XS wire and the added weight would be negligible. Thanks for watching my friend. 👍
Thanks Greg! I mostly use Hareline's touch dub wax. I like the consistency if it. amzn.to/3LEkg5m But I do like this Wapsi stuff too: www.jsflyfishing.com/wapsi-dubbing-wax
Hmm. Seeing back & crackle in the same word makes me nervous exactly as Joe Duca noted. I’ve been aware of this fly for a long time but never tried to tie or fish it. Since it’s tied as a dry fly, I wonder why the designer added herl on the back where a fish wouldn’t see it from underneath while looking up. Perhaps he first intended it as an underwater fly from the start? The folks who have fished the Crackleback & added comments to this video heartily endorse it, so maybe I should put this on my to-do list. Thanks, Matt.
Same with me Bob. I've seen it here and there, but not in a lot of books. And I don't really know why the herl stripe along the top of the back if it was meant to strictly be a dry fly. Maybe it was always meant to be a multi-use fly. Hmmm.... And BTW, I was up in your neck of the woods today. I flew up to Boston last night for a meeting all day today and just got home a few minutes ago. It was a good meeting talking about chem-bio stuff. But I forgot a jacket. I need to remember that Boston really is up north. :-)
Ed advocated jerking the fly under water towards the end of the drift and swinging and/or stripping the fly, which may have been the reason for the herl. Tied on a dry fly hook this can be difficult because it floats so well, so to fish it in this manner I will tie it on a heavier hook and limit the number of wraps of hackle.
Thanks, that’s useful to know. I found a video of Ed Story tying the fly, but he said nothing in the video on how to fish it. Matt was correct with his information.
I've never tried it Jeff but I'm looking at it now and it definitely looks fun. All the ones I see are foam heads though so I'm not sure how I could make that head out of spun deer hair. Do you see any examples out there made from deer hair?
Originally from St. Louis and shopping at Feather Craft, this was one of the first dry flies I've tied. ABSOLUTLEY works!!! Another Easy Peasy winner!
Outstanding Rollin! I've shopped from their mail order a time or two myself. :-)
That a go to fly here in Missouri!! Its really popular at Bennett Spring state park. Good fly, I fish it alot. I fond it's best fished under the surface!! Trout and smallmouth love it. I have even caught Shad on it!!!
That's awesome to hear Franky! This will definitely bee in my first book if I have an Ozark chapter in it. :-)
This fly was absolutely amazing for big cutthroat last weekend! Thanks for the inspiration and instruction!
That's outstanding to hear! It's been a couple years since I've fished any nice cutthroat water. :-)
Another easy fly to do, for some reason it reminds me of a wolly worm, which is another good fly to tie using different colors. Thanks for sharing Matt. 👍.
It’s very similar Jim! And the woolly worm can be fished dry as well so it’s also a multi purpose pattern.
Very cool pattern, thanks a bunch matt
The blue crackleback is a common favorite in the Bennett Spring/Niangua River area of Missouri. Well, people I've talked to at least. I've tied a few bankside and passed them out. Lol they absolutely work! Easy, effective little fly!
Thank you Matt
Good Morning Sir Matt,very nice ty, keep them coming. Nice color choice
I didn't realize how to measure hackel until a few videos back of yours, amazing what someone can learn from a savage.
Thank you Greg! I appreciate the kind words my friend. 👍
Fun & easy to tie and a great history lesson to boot. Thanks Matt.
Thanks Garrett! I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
One of the greatest lies, never fails my mentor Charlie ebling fishes it and has never had it fail his friends have never had it fail and he came from Minnesota this way fishing it. It's a simple fly but I great one. Matt thank you for tying it for the other viewers it's something perfect and easy very fishable for both beginners and experience a lot. You're awesome, your channel is awesome, I always love enjoying your videos your personality and your drive to keep fly tying and expensive art. Your friend Luke
Well thank you Luke; I appreciate these kind words! And I need to thank YOU for requesting this one. I've fished a similar one but never this exact pattern. I'm going to change that this year and put a handful of these in my fly box. :-)
Cool little fly there! I've shopped Feather Craft several times online. I never noticed that they have an actual catalog they mail out. I'm old fashioned, I like to page through catalogs. Thanks for the tip Matt!
Me too!
And their catalog is a great one Troy! You can probably request it online, or if not, just call and I'm sure they'll be happy to send one. :-)
Got one ordered!
Good morning Matt! I love it! I get a little bit intimidated by tying dry flies but I think I can do this one!!
Absolutely Barbara! This one is a piece of cake. :-)
Nice job Matt love those simple patterns. Thank you
Appreciate it David! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
thanks matt. and as always i will be watching. see ya joe
Nice. I’ve even tied it with the herl on the bottom. My fave is natural with grizzly. They all work. Genius simple fly. Thank you.
Thanks! I appreciate you watching my friend. 👍
I love tying flys like these this is another awesome one Matt!!
Great flies. Easy to tie and fish love em. Thx Matt.
This is my go to shop here in STL, James and his Dad Tom take great care of me. On their recommendation I have tied many of these, and have had great success with them.
That's great to hear! Thanks for the note. :-)
Looks like a fantastic looking Palmer Worm variant of at least a close decendant! Love that these can be fished dry and wet on the same cast! Thanks for the inspiration! Going to put a few in my fly box! Cheers Matt!
Thanks John! I always appreciate the comments my friend. :-) And same here... after reading all these comments, I'm putting a few more in my fly box this year!
Nice tie. A really great pattern on Eastern streams. Glad you showed it.
Nice job matt keep them coming
Thanks Burt and Ed! I appreciate you watching. 👍
An old favorite for pocket water brook trout
I seen this in the catalog and was on my next to make! Thanks another great fly!
Always like your videos, i like a person that ties flies for fish and not only for the eyes of the fishermen's... Great video has always Matt 👌
Appreciate it Yvon! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Nice. Beautiful work
For some reason I always thought this was a southern Appalachian fly pattern. Glad you set that one straight, Matt.
There is a Smoky Mountain pattern called the Yellow Palmer. Pretty similar but with a dark tail. It’s one of my favorites!
Hey thanks Matt that's a really nice one even I can do that
I was giving your question on the type of dubbing some thought when you gave up the answer. After listening to the history on the pattern and tying it, you looked and sounded like you were having a howling good time. Bravo Zulu.
Ha! Thanks Dennis, I always have fun with these simple, easy-to-tie fish catchers. And sorry I said "coyote" too quick. :-)
Good morning Matt. ☕️. Nice and easy pattern today. Didn’t freeze last night and we’re getting a little rain. Most of our snow has left but still lots north of here my son tells me. Time for another ☕️. Take care Matt and have a great week.
Man John, you've convinced me to not visit Canada until July or August! But someday I'm coming back. Someday. :-)
@@SavageFlies It isn’t that bad Matt and you’d get used to it but there is a reason why there are many Canadians that follow the birds south. Fishing for our native species in the Central Zone doesn’t open until mid May but we can fish some of stocked trout waters earlier. This part of the year where it can’t make up its mind whether it’s going to be spring or a longer winter is always messy. During this time of year you can often experience the 4 seasons in one day.
Thanks Matt I'm going to make some of these for my May Texas trip. Once again I appreciate the simplicity of the fly, have a blessed day my friend.
Appreciate it! Definitely put a couple of these in your box. Naturals are great, but don't forget greens and purples. Sometimes they key in on the crazy colors. :-)
One thing that stood out in their catalog was Ed’s words of wisdom and fishing advice.Their catalog is great but I do miss Ed’s input.This pattern works everywhere no matter what the water condition.Good choice,Matt.
Thank you Michael! I'd heard great things about the catalog from years gone by. Unfortunately I didn't start getting it until just a few years ago.
I’m going for pink because that’s what my local trout seem to like, but I’m going to tie a nice variety. Thanks for all you do for us Matt.
You bet Chad; thanks for watching! I think pink is going to look great. Maybe with a grizzly hackle too!
Thanks Matt, I really appreciate the tie, looks like a good one for my waters.
Great looking fly Matt. Easy enough for a beginner to do and get good at.
Love the look of this one. Thanks for showing how simple it is to tie. I never would've tried this one by just looking at the picture.
You bet Deake! It definitely is an easy one. :-)
I like It. Simple and easy to tie. Thanks Matt!
OK, never would have guessed coyote! Also, this was good timing as I have been wanting to tie this pattern. Have a good day, this was a good start to mine.
We’ll thank you Bruce!
I like it! Again simple and buggy.
Always my first choice in a searching fly. I've been using the Crackleback for many years because like you said it works and is a quick easy tie.
That's cool to hear Mel! Thanks for the note my friend. :-)
Really slick looking fly. And easy to tie from the comments it looks to be a fish catcher! I will tie a few up and see what it can catch. Thanks Matt !
Thanks Mike! Go for it my friend. :-)
I'm a big Feather-Craft fan and appreciate the story for a cool (and easy!) fly. Thanks!
Thanks Brian! I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Nice fly Matt and they don't get much more simple. I could maybe see a tail on that one for a variation. Keep the good stuff coming.
Yep Dave, with a tail it’s pretty much a Yellow Palmer- on of my favorite GSM patterns.
Good morning Matt☕️☕️
That was beautiful and simple a lot to be said about that. And was so relaxing and my coffee and enjoyed. You and the family stay safe and well👍
Thanks Jim! I just got back in town and saw your pictures. Nice! But I couldn't tell how big the one that got away was. Are you sure there was something there?? You sent me a picture of water. :-)
@@SavageFlies 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah if you look close you can see the out line of the tail and body. Or maybe I am just imagining things🤣🤣 being hopeful
Glad your back safe, heading to the pond before the rain. And then going striper fishing Thursday. The weather is supposed to be perfect will see👍
@@SavageFlies your right I look again nothing I guess I was to excited 🤣🤣🤣
@@jimholland1592 I want to hear all about your striper fishing!
I have seen pictures of this fly and thought I'm going to try tying some up, I guess it is time to try tying some up
Thanks for the video Matt
Go for it Dave! Have fun with it. Mix it up in all kinds of colors. :-)
Great job Matt.They work well.I have a few in my box.I got my Feather Craft catlog two Mounths ago.Have a great week. Ken
Thanks Ken! I appreciate it my friend. :-)
Wow that seems to be a pretty easy one to tie. But sure looks great when finished. Another great fly that could be done in many color combinations. Thank you Matt for this video. Great tying job Sir.
Thanks Jeff! I appreciate it my friend. :-)
Nice , dressed up Griffith gnat . The purple looks really nice:-)
Exactly Mike! In a smaller size, it’s basically the same fly.
Very nice Matt!! I’ll definitely give this a try!! Thanks for the shout out for Feather Craft Fly Shop, I’m going to check them out!! Thanks for sharing Matt!!
Thanks James! I appreciate it my friend. :-)
Morning Matt. That is a great fly for beginners. It was one of my beginners. I like the color. That may be the fly to go for in Pyramid. Thanks, I forgot about this one.
Thanks Nich! I appreciate it my friend. And definitely add a few of these for your next trip. :-)
Good morning sir Matt. This is one of my favorites. I keep a few in different colors in my box all the time. The colors that work well for me are black beaver body with a red grizzly hackel. Thank you for sharing one of my favorites. Have a great day and stay safe my friend.
Thanks Karl, and that sounds like a great combination! Black and red grizzly... I might have to add a few of those in my box. :-)
Nicely tied and a great pattern. I fish these in a olive or a orange dubbing also I'll use a white dry fly hackle. Caught many trout with this pattern. Thanks for sharing
Now white hackle is certainly unique! And I just got a nice half cape in white so I might have to try that. :-)
One of the first flies I ever tied.
Make a great warm water fly
Cool to hear! And thanks for the note. :-)
Nice job Matt, this pattern is a go to fly at some of our trout parks. Nice to see how to tie it and the history about it's origin.
Thanks Donald! I appreciate it my friend. :-)
Tks Matt 4 this variation. I look 4wrd 2 trying this on local rivers/crks n will variate the colors the c what strikes. God Bless n fish on!
Favorite pattern as I learned to fly fish in St. Louis and frequented Feather Craft. The original crackleback body is dyed turkey although many people tie variants.
Cool to hear! I guess like any fly that has become this popular there are bound to be variations. :-)
@@SavageFlies I'll have to hit the savage river one of these days! Will look for more info on your channel
Hey Matt I really like this fly, we dont have coyote here but we do have possum so will give that a go.
Opossum is great too! But the body on this one, we can use literally anything. :-)
I shop at Feather Craft! I have met Bob Story. A National treasure!
Thanks Richard. I've been hearing a lot in these comments what a great guy he was. I'm sure he is still missed by many.
Nice and easy
Reminds me of an pattern that is supposed to be a dry fly that simulates a ball of Adult Midges breeding. On which I got a vicious strike on a creek near Hagerstown. Neat pattern Matt, thanks for Sharing.
Yes! It does Lee. Kind of like a small Renegade that looks a lot like a midge cluster. That's a great fly too. :-)
Probably 20 years ago, I stared tying and fishing a modified version of a Crackleback and your video is very close to what I tie and fish. In fact, with the exception of a Red Palmer (red thread; solid peacock body and brown saddle hackle), those are pretty much the only dry flies I fish.
Awhile back, I tied Cracklebacks with 16 or 18 different colored bodies and found that the two colors that worked best in the Wisconsin and Michigan waters that I fish, were a Light Olive (Pale Evening Dun Superfine dubbing) or Pale Yellow (Pale Morning Dun Superfine Dubbing)!
Size 14 (and a few size 12) Daiichi 1190 barbless hooks are used mainly; the two Superfine dubbings; two strands of green peacock herl; black thread; but I use a Whiting saddle hackle (instead of a cape hackle) with 3 turns of tightly wound hackle at the end of the hook shank with 6 1/2 hackle turns before doing a whip finish.
When tying in the saddle hackle, I place the long, concave end of the hackle against the end of the hook away from me so that when the 3 turns are made, a slight brown tail is made. With these 9 1/2 hackle turns, this fly floats like a cork.
Lastly, many years ago, I found a reference to a reference to a Frederic Halford dressing called an “Olive Palmer” that used an olive colored body with a palmered brown hackle BUT the peacock herl was used as a ribbing under the palmered hackle.
Great comment; thank you! I love getting testimonials for some of these older, and sometimes lesser known, patterns. But it from reading all these comments, it seems like this one is a lot more popular than I realized. I'm not sure why it's not in more books out there. I'll have to change that when I write my first book. :-) Thanks again for the note!
That fly is as old as me, and my back crackles too! Nice one Matt, great tip on number of hackle wraps for surface fishing. I'm surprised you didn't use the turkey round fibers that Story used for the body. I still can't figure out if it's the biot side of the wing quill, doesn't look like it on the video of Story tying it. And I think the "rounds" are secondary feathers and the biots come from the leading edge of the primary feather, right? But I've seen them tied with a biot body too. Guess it doesn't matter, all kinds of materials are used for the body. Very close to the Woolly Worm any way. Or the offspring of a Woolly and Griffith's Gnat ;o) That reminds me, I haven't had a Bulletin/catalog since 2020, I must be getting the wrong "cookies". Thanks Matt, great classic! 🤓👍
Great questions Joe. I could not tell what he meant by the "rounds." I was thinking maybe it was just long fibers, kind of twisted together and tied like we do the bodies of pheasant tails. The biots are definitely the leading edge of the feathers, but would give it an entirely different look. But yep, it reminded me very much of the Woolly Worm when tying this one. As far as crackling goes, oh man, that could be my back, my elbows, or my knees these days! But a fly called the Crackleknee just doesn't have the same ring to it. :-)
@@SavageFlies Ha!😆 Cracleknee has a nice ring to it. Well I now know the fibers are the long ones on the trailing edge of a secondary flight feather (WING). The biots are on the leading edge of the primary flight feather. The "rounds" are secondary flight feathers. Story used turkey rounds. I can't say ALL birds have these feathers but MOST do and vary in size according to size of bird. I've seen tiers use both. Does it matter? I don't think so, use any material you want, you're tying it so it's your fly - as D. McPhail says 🤔If you need goose or duck primary flight feathers check out ponds when they're DONE nesting, they molt these feathers. Check local laws first! 👮Thanks Matt, another gem of a tutorial!🤓👍
Wow! Looks really buggy and a super easy tie! Guess what I’ll be tying tonight?
Go for it Ed! It's a fun one. :-)
looking at flies and found one that I would like to see you tie. It is called the "Thomas Roos - Foam Caddis Pupae".
Thanks and stay safe!
That's a great looking fly Zack, but a pretty tough tie. I'll play around with it but I'm not entirely sure how to pull off the "Deer hair hair tips fixed in micro loop" for the legs. And I can't quite tell what that head is. Black foam maybe?
@@SavageFlies I don't know, Just thought you might be interested in a different fly. Thanks again!
Thanks to some research, the head is for sure black foam.
Hi Matt. Recently new subscriber here. Enjoying your channel a lot. Thank you so much. Question would it be bad to add a thin counter wrapped wire for toughness?
Thanks Mark, and not a bad idea at all! Particularly if you want to fish it wet. Or just use an XS wire and the added weight would be negligible. Thanks for watching my friend. 👍
Hi matt how do you tye in a dry fly hackle?thanks for your help and awesome vids Kritter
I like the old fly names. I guess all the names have already been taken, and now the pattern names are just getting crazy.
Real Cool, Matt.. What do you typically use for wax?
also what , if any are unacceptable?.. Thanks, as always, Greg
Thanks Greg! I mostly use Hareline's touch dub wax. I like the consistency if it. amzn.to/3LEkg5m But I do like this Wapsi stuff too: www.jsflyfishing.com/wapsi-dubbing-wax
Matt, can peacock swords be used in place of the herl? Thanks for the informative videos.
I’d think so Mike. You might need 3-4 and it could be a different look overall, but I think it’ll work.
@@SavageFlies Thanks for the reply Matt. I will try it.
Hmm. Seeing back & crackle in the same word makes me nervous exactly as Joe Duca noted. I’ve been aware of this fly for a long time but never tried to tie or fish it. Since it’s tied as a dry fly, I wonder why the designer added herl on the back where a fish wouldn’t see it from underneath while looking up. Perhaps he first intended it as an underwater fly from the start? The folks who have fished the Crackleback & added comments to this video heartily endorse it, so maybe I should put this on my to-do list. Thanks, Matt.
Same with me Bob. I've seen it here and there, but not in a lot of books. And I don't really know why the herl stripe along the top of the back if it was meant to strictly be a dry fly. Maybe it was always meant to be a multi-use fly. Hmmm.... And BTW, I was up in your neck of the woods today. I flew up to Boston last night for a meeting all day today and just got home a few minutes ago. It was a good meeting talking about chem-bio stuff. But I forgot a jacket. I need to remember that Boston really is up north. :-)
Spring in Boston really means warmish once in while, cold much of the time & wet & muddy all the time. Sorry I didn’t know you were in town.
Ed advocated jerking the fly under water towards the end of the drift and swinging and/or stripping the fly, which may have been the reason for the herl. Tied on a dry fly hook this can be difficult because it floats so well, so to fish it in this manner I will tie it on a heavier hook and limit the number of wraps of hackle.
Thanks, that’s useful to know. I found a video of Ed Story tying the fly, but he said nothing in the video on how to fish it. Matt was correct with his information.
Here in Missouri we time real skimpy
Thanks Tim! I appreciate the note my friend. :-)
I should say I tie them skimpy and they work
Request: can you tie an old pattern, the Gerbubble, out of deer hair? Thanks in advance.
I've never tried it Jeff but I'm looking at it now and it definitely looks fun. All the ones I see are foam heads though so I'm not sure how I could make that head out of spun deer hair. Do you see any examples out there made from deer hair?
Purple dubbing. Is it Snowflake hair?
Ha! It was coyote. :-)
Hmm i thought that was claret seal fur