I’ve been trying to find a similar fly pattern as this or possibly some suggestion as how to create a similar fly pattern. I’ve seen this used for panfish/crappies on small jigs and wanted to tie one on small jig or similar hook.
Any suggestion much appreciated.
How about a Yuk Bug tied with an all red/orange chenille? I prefer using marabou for the tail, some like to use 2-4 strands of rubber leg material…
http://www.danica.com/FLYTIER/jhenkemeyer/red_belly_yuk_bug.htm
Mickalo -
Not sure what this is supposed to represent, or how big you want it, but my idea would be:
(1) use a 3x or 4x long hook, (2) use a bead head and / or wire on the body depending on the action you want, (3) use some hen hackle for the tails ( or are those pinchers ? ) tied in cross-wise so they stand out from the body, (4) use chenile sized to the hook you are using - wrap it double between the legs and tie it off each time you tie in a set of legs, (5) use Angler’s Choice Super Floss for the legs ( this material comes is a good variety of colors and can be split if the standard size is too big for your application, and it is easy to work with ).
Good luck.
John
Hey thanks, all great suggestions! Now I have some place to start. I’m not exactly sure what this suppose to imitate, it’s actually a soft plastic bug called a “crappie creature” by Culprit. Thought it would be fun to try and create one.
that Yuk Bug looks very similar, just wish it came with tying instructions … still in the beginner stage here 
Hadn’t thought about the wooley bugger, that’s also has the same pattern. I was planning on using the rubber legs and came across some material called “Flexi-Tails” for the tail end. Guess I’ll be doing some experimenting see how it comes out.
Thanks again for all the great ideas, a big help.
Mike
Here are step by step tying instructions for the ‘Autum Splendor’ from Charlie’s fine web site. It has many similarities to the Yuk Bug and you should be able to substitute materials and colors from the previous post to get some idea of how to proceed. They are both just variations on the basic Wooly Bugger.
http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox/details.cfm?parentID=90
Good luck!
heng’s autumn slendor is a damn fine fly in it’s own right.
I love it.
Now this is laid out nicely and easy to follow, even for a beginner … excellent tying instructions 
Thx’s a bunch, appreciate it.
Mike
Mickalo -
Another great website for beginning ( and beyond ) fly tying is Harry Mason’s www.troutflies.com. Some very interesting flies, and the tutorials are top shelf.
John
thanks John, always looking for good tutorials on fly tying.
Mike
I tied something very similar for warm water fly fishing that was a woolly bugger with a small curl tail tied in place of the marabou tail.
What did you use for the tail, some sort of a plastic tail ?
Mike
You can find plastic curl tails at Cabela’s…
Or you can cut them yourself out of soft plastic sheeting like ‘Thin Skin’ or ‘Bug Skin’. I tried them and found they created annoying twists in my leader. I went back to marabou or rubber strands for my tails…
For a “twister” or curl tail I have used very thin leather.
You can also use ripstop nylon cut with a hot knife. (A hot knife is sort of like a soldering iron with a blade that melts the end as it cuts to prevent fraying.)
Beware, melting nylon gives off toxic fumes.
Ed
I heard that from other tyer’s, using thin leather strips. Sounds like a good idea too.
thx’s
Mike
Actually, I bought a bag of small curl tail grubs, and cut them off with a razor, so I could swap them out when they got shredded (which was fairly often). I haven’t fished one for a couple of years, though.
I’ll bet thin leather or even a zonker would do well, too.
well I got a ton of plastic curly tails myself I use for crappies and other panfish 
the idea of thin leather sounds like a good alternative I would think. I’m looking for durability with tying small/micro jigs.
Mike
I’d have to guess it is a crayfish. I am surprised no one has mentioned this or other crayfish patterns.
I was looking for crawfish patterns and I found this…It’s a wierd pattern, but a close match!
Really interesting pattern, too bad no instructions on how they put this together
Mike
Hi,
I would suggest a Red Setter:
You could sub in some thin strips of rabbit pelt for the tail. This is an easy fly to tie. There are all sorts of patterns based upon the same construction pattern, just change the colours (squirrel tail for the tail, cheneil body with two hackles tied sloping back, one mid section and one at the head; smaller sizes have dubbed bodies of wool or, better yet, seal’s fur). The one in the photo is a large one, size 2 or 4 hook. I prefer them size 10 in rivers. The big ones are good for night fishing at the river mouths.