Another Crawfish Pattern

[Gigmaster]

I got some new stuff off of EBay called Larvae Lace, and I've been playing around with it to see what I can use it for. It weaves very well, so I thought I would work on a crawfish pattern (I love SM Bass). I'm still tweaking the pattern and technique, but here is what I have so far.


Larvae Lace Crawdaddy

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Hook: # 8 3X long Streamer Hook-straight-eye
Thread: OD Green Waxed 70 Denier
Under weight: Doubled up lead-free wire, med.
Eyes: Black Bead Chain, large
Under body: OD Chenille, med.
Feelers: Brown bucktail
Uropod (tail fins): Orange Bucktail
Thorax and legs: Brown Renegade Craft Fur, in a dubbing loop.
Carapice: Brown Swiss Straw
Claws: Brown Swiss Straw
Abdomen: 2 strands of Larvae Lace, one Brown, one OD Green, woven Granny-Style with brown on top, green on bottom.

This stuff is pretty cool.....

[setnhooked]

Awesome looking crawdaddy! I tie a similar pattern but it does not look nearly as nice! I use crawfish orange dyed pine squirrel for the pinchers and a dumbell eye smashed down with a hammer as part of the tail.

[hairwing]

Nice tie. looks good enough to bite the head off and suck out the in-nerds. I see a real creative imagination at work there.

[Gigmaster]

I think I'm gonna go with black mono eyes, and just use 2 layers of lead wire to hold the weight down. I can cast this one with my ultralite spinning rod!