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Crawfish Colors

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Guest rich mc

here in Illinois I use black n blue when fishing a lake deeper than say 8ft. green /chart and brown/orange in shallower water and don't forget a light color during molting . I also don't over weight them so they hover more on a hop. less hangups and easier to feel a pick up rich mc

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Here where I live in Illinois/Indiana most all the natural crayfish are an olive/grey in coloration, not surprising which blends in with the rivers bottom.

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I tie all of mine in rootbeer/orange , rust or straight bright orange (especially in small sizes). I have yet to find an orange or rust colored crawfish in the wild , around here they seem to be dark chocolate brown with a little blue and muddy tan to olive in the smallest sizes. I am planning to try a few other color combinations this year but the orange/rust tones always attract fish.

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I like to use red fox squirrel tail in my 'dad' flies.

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After years of fishing bass with the tourney gear I don't believe there is a color they won't hit. Sometimes one color will outfish another but but the most part anything you put in front of a bass that's look for a meal will get eaten. My favorite color was black/red fleck with chartreuse claws. I also never had a problem putting on June Bug, Camo, Blue, Green, orange, or any other color I had a bag of handy. Reading in a mag about a guy who took live craws to a paint shop and had them analyzed to match colors. He didn't even finish in the money.

 

All of the colors talked about will work in most waters but it is still always experimenting on body colors based on natural forage and water color and light available. Some find it doesn't make sense but when it's a dark day dull colors NORMALLY work better, with those bright colors on bright days. Seems backwards but as a general rule that's the way it goes.

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