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Mudbuddy (Crawdad Imitiation)

 
tied by letumgo
Fly Type: Inverted Hook, Weighted, General Freshwater,
Target Species: Freshwater Bass, Peacock Bass, Trout,
Recommended Region: Northeast US,
Imitation: not available Crayfish,
Material List:
Hook - Daiichi Model 2451 (Size 4)
Thread - Rusty Brown UNI-Thread (6/0)
Weight - Heavy Metal Dumbell Eye
Feelers - Chocolate Brown Pheasant Tail Fibers (10 to 12)
Antenna - One strand of black Krystal Flash (folded over the tying thread and tyed in to form two antenna)
Rear Body - Hairs Ear Dubbing (color of choice)
Claws - 1/8" wide Rabbit Zonker Strip (Color of your choice)
Underbody - Leadfree Wire to add extra weight to the pattern)
Main Rear Body - Hairs Ear Dubbing (color of choice)
Legs - Grouse Body Feather or Tan colored Schlappen (stripped on one side and palmer wrapped along the body)
Cephalon/Carapace - very thin tan leather cut into special crawfish shape (Color the leather with permanent marker if you want).
Eyes (optional) - Black Acrylic Craft Paint
Tying Instructions: Body is tyed before the leather carapace is put onto the hook and tyed in at the tail section. The hook hold the leather strip in place.

The steelhead version of the mudbuddy pattern was tyed with orange feelers made from Fly Tying Dungeon's Baby "Legs Alive" (tips colored with a red Sharpie marker) and Fluorescent Orange rabbit zonker strips for claws. The under body is heavily weighted with lead free wire so the pattern will dredge the bottom.
Presentation Tips: fish slowly along the bottom to imitate a crawdad/crawfish/yabby

I posted a set of detailed tying instructions in the Step-by-Step section of this website. You can download the tying instructions and print them out for reference while tying.

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