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Crayfish

 
tied by gus318
Fly Type: General Freshwater,
Target Species: Panfish,
Recommended Region: Southeast US,
Imitation: Butterfish,
Material List: 4x long, 3x heavy #6 hook
Brown thread
two Brown Hackle tips
Brown swiss straw
plastic bug eyes
Brown Hackle
rust Dubbing
gold wire
Tying Instructions: 1. wrap the hook with brown tying thread and cement.
2. Tie in the two hackle tips as feelers
3. tie the swiss strat over the bend of the hook
4. Tie the plastic eyes behind the swiss straw.
5. Dub the thorax heavily.
6. Palmer the hackle in to the thorax.
7. Bring ther swis straw over the thorax and tie off.
8. Tie in the gold wire.
9. Dub the rest of the body not as heavy as the thorax.
10. Segment the abdoman with the dold wire and tie off.
11. Cut the swiss star a little past the eye of the hook to form a tail.
12. Apply head cement.

Presentation Tips: FIsh upstream and allow to float down. Look for the strike as the fly approaches downstream and begins to swing out into the cuirrent.