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Here is a "Sugar Creek Craw" that I developed using siliskin and Knot Sense. Never caught a fish on one yet and too hard to tie anyways.
I'm voting for the one Biot Midge posted because it sounds well proven and straightforward to tie.
They all sound fun to tie though.
Rich
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I like Whitlock's Near Nuff Crawfish. I can't lay hands on the recipe right now but the video (which also has the Near Nuff Sculpin on it) is my favorite flyfishing video.
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Chuck Hitt
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ive tied the Near Nuff Sculpin and have liked the results. Somewhere i heard about the Near Nuff Crawfish but i cant find the recipe either.
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Quitcha B****IN and lets gooooo fishin
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I cant believe that u have yet to catch a fish of that Sugar Creek Craw. It looks good enough for me to eat (i eat crawdads like popcorn, being raised in southern alabama)It just proves what can be apealing to our eye can be the exact opposite to a fish's
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Bass_Angler_04,
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It is more me than the fly. I was fishing for some pretty picky trout. The local guru said to use a craw, so I made some of these. When he saw them, he steered me towards one tied with softer materials and mostly Rabbit Fur.
That Sugar Creek Craw will most likely work, but maybe for smallmouths or LMB. I don't get to fish for them much. Someday!
Thanks,
Rich
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Hello Helicopsyche,
The "humped" hook is to aid in holding the "exoskeleton" in place. To make the Crawdad extra-durable, when you wind the chenille to the hump, bind it there with a few extra turns of thread, then finish spiralling the chenille. This is helpful in securing body dresings for tying large, long shank flies.
Will it catch fish if you do not use a humped hook? Yes, most definitely. The weed guard does help quite a bit. Bead chain or dumbell eyes can be substituted for more weight.
Thank you for your interest in the Texas Crawdad. If you need a frog to go along with your crawdad, may I suggest the Texas BullFrog?
Cheers,
Richard
Plano TX
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Richard that Texas Bulfrog is just crazy. I can't believe I have overlooked it.
Are any of you Dallas guys coming up to the Little Missouri Festival that Jeff Guerin puts on?
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Chuck Hitt
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Hello Chuck,
The Little Missouri event is on the Dallas Flyfishers' calendar:
[url=http://www.dallas-flyfishers.org/Misc%20New%20Pages/Outings.htm:cb5d5]http://www.dallas-flyfishers.org/Misc%20New%20Pages/Outings.htm[/url:cb5d5]
Some club members will be going. I have to pass myself.
I will be at Sowbug 2005 in Mountain Home AR in March. On Thursday afternoon, 17 March, I will be tying BIG Texas BullFrogs (size 1/0, 18mm doll-eyes and 5 inches long). Come on by my tying station (look for the Dingo vise) and I'll tye one just for you. You can get it in any color as long as it's olive http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/smile.gif.On Friday, 18 March, I will be tying another FOTW of mine, the Raptor.
Cheers,
Richard
Plano TX
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This has been a great help to me and thank everyone who posted. If anyone else whould like to post feel free.
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BA-04... I have a woolie type pattern that I tie that has worked EXTREMELY well on some local waters. Tie a brown over rust marabou tail, a peacock herl body tied thick and a VERY webby Silver Badger hackle. I get mine off a cheap Indian neck I have had for quite awhile. I tie mine with a bead head and a heavily weighted body. I tried a furnace hackle with the same body and the fish wouldn't touch it. I think the biggest problem with that though was the hackle was almost a dry fly quality and I think it made the pattern act a little differently in the water. I fished a creek where we found a rock shelf. We threw the flies onto the shelf and slowly pulled them off and let them drop. The hits were vicious. Tie plenty of these if you use them because they will get ripped up. You may want to counter wrap the hackle with a copper wire to try to improve the durability.
Mike
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