Maybe try May's Clearwater Crayfish?
http://www.orvis.com/store/product.aspx?pf_id=5e17
Maybe try May's Clearwater Crayfish?
http://www.orvis.com/store/product.aspx?pf_id=5e17
David Merical
St. Louis, MO
Thanks Guys. I've looked at them all and very interesting. I found another pattern online, youtube I believe, and tied a variation with materials I had. I'll post a pic later tonight.
To tell the truth, a Woolly Bugger tied in brown and orange makes a fine crawfish imitation. You can tie it with a barbell weight on the back end, and tie it hook-up to fish it right on the bottom.
I did a size 8 Wooly Bugger in brown about this time last year. Didn't weight it, or try to add claws to it. Very first cast in a pond got me a 2 lbs LMB.
I ended up loosing that bug to a snag in a stream on Labor Day. I need to get back to the tying bench......
It's hard to beat a Woolly Bugger for just about anything.
Originally Posted by AllenOK
I use a modified bead head wooly bugger for a crawdad pattern. Just split the marabou, makes fine imitations of claws. I also add a little closed cell foam under the chenille body, so the bugger stands up like a 'daddy defending itself. Oh, and go BIG (#4 hook or bigger, I usually go #2), bass love that large mouthful!
Mike
Last edited by MikelC; 02-07-2014 at 09:31 PM.
Work is something for people that don't fish.
If you want something more realistic, here is a pattern I came up with a few years ago. I use Swiss Straw for the carapice.
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Excuse my silly question, but why do the many crawfish patterns have the dumbbell weights at the tail end of the crawfish.
Aren't the critters eyes and mouth at the end between the claws?
Ray, my understanding is that it helps the claw end to ride claws up...a defensive position.
You can get as realistic as you want but I have caught a lot of fish in a lake full of Crawfish using this fly on a fast sinking line (Depth Charge 300)
But I absolutely love this pattern for LM and Carp on a floating line
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