old crawdad with a new look

[foxxtrot]

Here is an old pattern I have had, but never tied until now. I bought this little crawdad around 1990 and he worked really well with bass and trout. Crawdads where I live now are more brown than maroon. The old pattern has lost most of his color as well. Here are a few pictures of what I came up with

old pattern on the left with two attempts at duplication


materials

Hook - mustad 9672 sz 4
eye - mono mediums
weight - brass barbell
body - chenille medium olive and leather overbody
wire - brown over body
hook guard - 25 lb mono
thread - 8/0 Uni thread Camel color


three finished


arms up! water trial