crappie flies

[yung_canuck3]

what is your favorite crappie fly? The crappie are gonna be spawning in 2 weeks and i havent started tying:0! Any suggestions on what to tie?Any assistance would be greatly appreciated

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tight lines, and taught thread

[LWilliams]

I've always done well using big wets or small streamers...Coachmans, BND's....that type of stuff.

[phatkid248]

i would say a orange and yellow crappie candy.

[EPuffer]

I like a size 14 Woolly Bugger..
Dark yellow tail
Dark green Chenille.
Yellow hackle.
Very little Lead.

The hook is a Mustad 9671 wet nymph hook.
This fly works good on Trout,Bass,Perch,Blue gill.

Good luck on your Crappie fishing.

Eric.

[lee s]

What little of it we do, we like to toss a small surfcandie or a #8 or #10 bug colored woolybugger. Sometimes a white/flash woolybugger gets used in place of the surfcandie.
Do you find that "slow" seems good usually?......whatever bug.

[catskilljohn]

When they are spawning,in the shallows,I cant believe you wouldnt use a surface fly.
I tye up white deer hair bass bugs,#8 and 10's,usually with a black or red stripe.Simple ones,big in the front so they pop a little,tapered down to a hackle collar in front of the short hackle tip tail. CJ

[white43]

very small clousers. however last year I caught more on a Hare n Copper than anything else by a long, long shot. I have no clue why. Size 10 wet fly hook with a little lead under the dubbing. Must have been some shrimpy things in the waters. I'm going this weekend with plenty of both in the Altoids can. JGW

[Rick Z]

Look for Ricks Favorite Crappie flies"

Archived I think under panfish. Has most of my favorites.

Rick

[yung_canuck3]

thanks for all the help guys! i knew i could count on yall for help!


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tight lines, and taught thread

[Steven]

Hare's Ears and PTNs in both traditional dressings and olive did the trick last weekend. Crappies were definitely in here in Chicago.

I hang 'em about 12" under a palsa indicator and give them a little action on the retrieve.

-Steven