video - Last Chance Cripple

[Hans Weilenmann]

Last Chance Cripple
Hook: Tiemco 102Y #12-19
Thread: Benecchi 12/0, tan
Tail: Lemon woodduck barbs
Shuck: Ice Dub, ginger
Abdomen: Goose biot, dyed tan
Thorax: Squirrel, tan
Wing: CDC, natural
Hackle: Cock, grizzly dyed dark dun


Note: The Last Chance Cripple is a generic cripple pattern. Adjust size and colors to match your local hatch.


Video here - please view in HD, if able:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhNHG4rYbiY


Cheers,
Hans W

[MikelC]

Love the tie and the technique!! Been trying to find a good cripple pattern. Thanks for the demo, Hans.

[Byron haugh]

Hans,
Great job! You got me to the vise to tie one of his PMD Cripples.
One thing, his have a short hackle.

I think he is about the best tier I know of. He not only has the technical skills, but is an innovator of flies that really work. His design and material selection produces flies that really do match the hatch,. In the summer, when he is tying, he takes a break and observes the water near the Trout Hunter. He really studies the insects and their behavior.

Please post one of his PMD cripples. I know mine isn't the best, but I think it will work?

[Hans Weilenmann]

One thing, his have a short hackle.

Byron,

Perhaps that is a more recent change. Rene provided a set of flies to be photographed for Flytier's Page, be it a good few years back, and the Last Chance Cripples in the set had barb length as I showed in the video.

Cheers,
Hans W

[Byron haugh]

Hans,
Perhaps not quite as short as I recalled, but I think it is shorter. Seems he would want a relatively short hackle for a cripple intended to be sort of flush in the film?
My bad?