One more time guys, someone told me exactly what wool yarn to buy for the crappie candy pattern,I seem to have misplaced it.Anyone know?
yarn for crappie candy
One more time guys, someone told me exactly what wool yarn to buy for the crappie candy pattern,I seem to have misplaced it.Anyone know?
crappie candy
I have always used embrodery floss that I get from the craft department at walmart or most fabric stores. its stranded so you can adjust the thickness to what you need and it comes in about a million colors. The best part is that it costs about a buck a skien, which will tie about a hundred flies.
Fish
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Heraclitus
I use Uni Yarn, flourescent chartruese.
Wayneb
JMoody,
In the Fly Archives, Al Campbell listed "Fluorescent green wool yarn" in the body material. I've tied, fished and caught fish on dozens of these flies, and from my experience, any type or color of yarn will work. I've used wool yarn, cheap craft store yarn, egg fly yarn and various chenilles and they're all good.
The "Crappie Candy" fly will always have a place in my fly boxes. It is an exceptionally effective fly. I've caught bluegills, smallmouth bass, perch (open water and through the ice), oh yea, and of course crappie.
Hope this helps,
Tom.
I'll second what Scooter said. I haven't really found too many materials that won't work on what just works out to be an incredibly versatile pattern. I'll add peacock herl, flashabou, estaz (on larger size hooks), and larva lace to the list of things that seem to work well for crappie candy bodies.
If it swims and eats, it'll eat a fly.
Chartruse amnesisa works very well too....
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