EASY crayfish flies?

[Panfisha]

Well lately I've been tying alotta simple crayfish flies, tho the back is kinda hard to get with the shank facing up. So are there any simpler patterns? Right now I make mine using bead strings for eyes, rooster neck for claws, rubber legs and flash for antennas, tan marabou for body filler, and turkey tail for a back.

[DG]

The D-bugger I have been tying and using for many years works just fine as a crawdad imitation, in either the mottled tan or the mottled green. I kept a 14" brown trout once for a demonstration on fish cleaning, and when we opened it up, it had a dozen little crawdads the same size and color as the bugger I caught it on in its stomach.

So I never bothered with claws, tails, antennae, and all that. The fish don't seem to care.

[Bamboozle]

Pan:

I make a simple craw using Kreel Claws for the claws; Furry Foam for the shell back; I-Balz for the eyes and Etaz or some long fibered chenille like Bill Skilton's Woolly Bugger Hackle for the body. I then use thin D-Rib or some other vinyl tubing for a rib; no antennas, no extra legs.

The Kreel Claws make adding claws a 30 second operation and tying the whole pattern takes no time at all.

Oh yea; they work just fine too!

[DShock]

Burnt Orange Woolybugger.
Hook; size 12 long shank.
Tail; Burnt Orange Marabou & two Copper colored fibers of Krystal Flash.
Body; J. Fair- Burnt Orange Short Shuck (chenile).
Hackle; J. Fair- Burnt Orange Saddle Hackle.
Head; Copper Metal Bead.
This fly has been one of my favorites.
Doug

[chris from canada]

I make a really simple furry foam crayfish that is a producer.

Takes about one minute to tye.

It's a silhoute pattern, and not an exact replica.

It was listed on the board some while back; chris's crayfish

If you like I can send you one or two to try.

take care,
chris

[dudley]

I firmly believe that the more detail you add to a fly, the easier it is for a fish to tell it's a fraud.

For crayfish, I use a woollybugger with leadeyes