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Favorite Crab Fly

Started by ibboone, Apr 26 2010 05:59 PM

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#1 ibboone

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Posted 26 April 2010 - 05:59 PM

I have been doing some fly fishing with a few crab flies and was wondering which crab flies do you prefer.

I have tried the merkin and landed a few croakers on them.

Some velcro crabs with no luck.

I got a couple crab flies from BPS and was catching catfish on them. To me they looked the best in the water.

Pics would be greatly appreciated.

Recipe would be good to.

Dan

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#2 sandflyx

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Posted 26 April 2010 - 06:09 PM

merkins in different colors and sizes

sandfly/bob

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#3 Ridleyffo

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Posted 27 April 2010 - 10:10 AM

I gotten a few stripers with this merkins variant. No luck with the Tog off the South Jetty, which after better consideration was probably a good thing as it would have likely taken my fly line into the rocks. Dam slippery bass!