Thanks gang,

I call this fly my "Ultimate Suede Crab". The legs and pinchers are made out of tan suede strips knotted and cut to shape. I typically will sit down watching TV and tie knots spaced about 1cm apart in an entire 6ft length of suede then cut the long strip into 4 knot sections.

The crab carapace is made out of epoxy coated craft foam sheeting. The foam gives the crabs body bouyancy so that it rises off the bottom resting on dumbell eyes tied in at the hook eye...give a realistic defensive crab look.

Henry