April Storm
Felt like tying some big suckers for a change. They are all tied on 2" long cotter pins with beading wire used as the material to attach the hook (loop tp loop).
The rear is like an intruder an |
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Articulate Ghost Shrimp and Crayfish
Christmas time... tying time....
This is an Articulate version of Ghost Shrimp and Crayfish, which I intend to give more action to the pattern, adding life and action to the fly.
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pheasant
as for the pheasant the church window feathers (brown with white center that is scribed with black) work great as claws for crayfish patterns as well as cheeks on some minnow patterns the blueish feat |
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Faux Fox Furled Crab
NJ, its been time for a while now, I just haven't had a chance to get out. They're calling for 30% chance of light showers, hope that is wrong and the sun breaks through. Today, of course is g |
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River smallie quesion
Just starting out I would probably tie up a bunch of clousers in a variety of baitfish colors and find you a crayfish pattern that you like. I have even had luck with orange over brown clousers which |
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Tippett spooking fish?
You have made three assumptions.
The first is that there is always moving water enough to cause drag. The fly fishers in Great Britain fish mainly still waters. So there is no drag. The fish also hav |
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bass flies
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I have not been fly fishing long but I primarily fish for bass, I have tried tying my own flieswith some success and |
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Two Ideas for Swaps
I would like hopper dropper more bit crayfish would fine. (I've never really tyed them but it would be good practice) |
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Bass pattern book
Look on the forum database that are tagged with "bass" What works for me most of the time are poppers and then for subsurface crayfish patterns. |
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spray on attractant
I buy plastic baits in bulk sometimes & add shad, crayfish or garlic oil to them. I also add "worm oil" which has no scent, and is used to keep the plastic from drying out, but really fe |
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Oliver Edwards Crayfish Pattern Request
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Does anyone know if Oliver Edwards has revealed how HE ties his
"English" Crayfish??
In one of his v |
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OK GUYS, I need all of your advice......
Good luck! it's always fun to find that big one. The big ones usually stay put till you get significant changes in water level or something that will make them leave their lie. It's not |
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Irish Crayfish - black
I few years ago I was looking at Irish Shrimp flies in various books and thought that they would be good for Steelhead in New York........and they were!! I also do well with crayfish style fl |
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Another First
Got the fly rod back from the shop. Found some ponds that had carp in them so I wanted to get one OTF. Not a carp, but fought really well surprisingly. Also biggest horse mullet I've seen. It ate |
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Shrimp X
Man, that is a great little shrimp that could easily be taken for a small crayfish as well. Nicely done!
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Crayfish
Sent a crayfish. I hope your like it!!!!
Greetings!!!!
Sergio
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Craw baby
Looks great man! Another simple crayfish fly to add to my arsenal. Getting sick of patterns that call for ridiculous materials... When the fly stops the marabou should fan out like a crayfish i |
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Foxee Red Clouser
Hello everyone this is a great crayfish pattern.
Hook:Mustad 33903 sizes 4-12.
Thread:Rusty orange, cream or brown in a 70 denier or 6/0.
Belly:Cream or pink body fur from a red fox with the underfur |
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need a swap idea
midges
chironomids
mayflies
caddis flies
stone flies
dry flies
wet flies
soft hackles
emergers
panfish
bass flies
smallmouth flies
nymphs
2 materials only
3 materials only
flies using |
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Gray fox tail
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Folks, I recently picked up a gray fox tail from a taxidermist friend. Any pattern suggestions for a gray fox tail |
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July swap club
Paul
Mine are done and will be in the mail by Tuesday. I have done a variation of the gurgler, just a thought for you Bass guys out there, is no reason why you could not fish this on a sinking line a |
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Carp flie's
Most of my carp flies are crayfish variations I tie often with a split tail and soft hackle. Some of my best producers of better known flies are:
Clouser's Foxee Red Minnow
Clouser's Swimmin |
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Rubber Leg Alternatives
I second www.fishingskirts.com. I use them on everything - woolly buggers, poppers, salt water shrimp, crayfish, rubber-legged nymphs, stimulators, etc. |
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Cdad
Got the idea from Flyter Mag few yrs ago...I had to figure out the proceedure and you can see I changed it some...The key to the tie is anchoring the deer hair with the d-rib wraps on the tail...Haven |
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My first crawdad
Heres my crayfish,well its not mine.Its the River Knight,Fly Tyer winter '09,tied byNadica & Igor Stancev,hope I did it justice.The tail came out crooked,its all right the next one will be bet |
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Prototype
[b]This is something I have been working on. It's an articulated crayfish. It's the first so there may be some changes. Tell me what you think please.
Kevin[/b]
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E-Z Crayfish
[attachment=29886:Flies_002.jpg]Here's a crayfish fly I've tied for years that works great. It's quick and easy to tie. I'm posting it because I've seen a lot of beginners wanting |
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Poster Fly Patterns
We call'em crawdads down here in M'sipi and we eat'em too...mudbugs With credentials...Idea from FlyTyer Magazine (scanned)...Mat'l from the fly tie bench. Later DL |
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Pan Fish Charlies
Superb looking flies! I also use Charlies for panfish, as well as some other "flats" patterns. Real good flies for stream Smallmouths too tied in crayfish colors! |
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Carp on the fly
When I fly fish for carp I always use small clousers or weighted crayfish patterns. I may get scolded a bit for "cheating", but I tip my flies with a piece of nightcrawler for extra attracti |
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some bass ties
QUOTE (tidewaterfly @ Mar 31 2011, 12:00 PM) Very nice looking bass flies! I've read that others have success with orange craws, but that has not been my experience. I do better wit |
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Carpin' Toad
Thanks guys. My theory is(I don't really know what I'm talking about) that common carp are either cannibalistic or very protective of their fry..... I don't know. I just think it's mor |
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FTDB - Bluegill
As someone trained in aquatic fisheries, I would like to make one broad generic statement in response to the question: Any fly you have in your "trout" boxes will take bluegill,or any other |
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How much is too much on a fly?
Here are the definitions used in MD. They primarily apply to trout streams. I believe there are some Trophy Bass Lakes that specify Artificial Lures only, but I've never fished in any of them. Art |
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Show me your crabs!
QUOTE (agn54 @ Mar 2 2011, 09:07 AM) awesome flies Fred and riffleriversteelheadslayer. I don't think I would be able to actually cast such works of art into the water. If I did I would |
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Ring Neck Pheasant skin/featthers
I use the tail feathers from a pheasant quite a bit. there are alot of uses for those fibers from using as a tail to a wing case, legs on a nymph to claws of a crayfish................. Probably t |
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Crayfish Pattern for trout
The main trout stream that i fish is just loaded with small crayfish. I was wondering if anyone uses a crayfish pattern for trout and has had success with it. If so does anyone have a relativly si |
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Sili Craw
This is a crayfish pattern that I make that has been successful for me. Fairly simple to tie with just enough sparkle to get the attention of smallies and carp. I tie it in crayfish orange and olive. |
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Shrimp Orientation
The direct answer to your basic question is: NO! They DO NOT swim 'up-side down' when fleeing a predator; neither does a crayfish, crab,or lobster, for that matter. They all have a dorsal |
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Weirdest thing you have found fishing
QUOTE (NJ All Day @ Jan 30 2011, 08:32 PM) I found a 9mm hand gun, gave it to the authorities and told them my story... Also witnessed a crayfish eating a dead trout. And a bunch if used cond |
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Shrimps and Minnows
Awesome looking flies! I really like that Grey Shiny Minnow! I tie some similar flies & have always done well with that type of fly! Those shrimp would work well as crayfish too&# |
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Pheasant Tail Swap
I might have to run another Swapaholics swap again soon. Eleven swaps in two months, I must be crazy. When you find a 12 step program let me know....I found this site on 12-09 ,looking for a crayfis |
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What do you tie with...
I have several of them, but mostly tie crayfish colored Clouser Minnows & Smallmouth jigs with them. I like the natural tan color for the belly, and use something darker for the back, like black, |
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Alternative fly tying materials
i use rubber bands of varying sizes for ribs on nymphs and for legs and claws on crab and crayfish patterns.. i have stripped old electric motors for copper wire for dubbing brushes and rib materia |
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is anyone else going to
I usually try to stop in for a few each year. it was cool having Bobby Jr critique my clouser minnows, also really liked the night he showed how to tie the crayfish. |
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craw flavored bugger
Thanks, Druce. There isn't anything special about this one. Its a quick and easy to tie fly that produced well for me on late-summer carp this past season when other crayfish patterns wouldn' |
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Whitlock's Eelworm...sort of
Nice tie Jeff... the brownish copper one with the tails splayed when you strip it on the bottom and then during the pause the legs might just splay out and look like a crayfish. |
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whip finish or happy ending?
....let that one sink in for a minute. Whatup and good day from Colorado, home of the fly crowd and yuppyville extraordinaire, very happy to join you all here! Finally got my 2007 issue shipped |
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Donna and the Bear
My wife and I were fishing a section of Mud Run in the Poconos. The stream had to have been named by a trout fisherman who wanted to keep the stream to himself- I’ve never seen that stream off colo |
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Foam swap
QUOTE (foambug @ Dec 7 2010, 07:27 AM) darn i missed out ...lol...have a good swap folks !!Sorry foambug this thing filled up quick. Once the flies are shipped out and in everyone& |
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Fly Rattles, sound in general
Maybe he was completely pulling my leg so next time we go fishing he would bust out all these flies with rattles. As far as species all i heard was 'game fish'. I do notice when snorkeling aro |
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Craws and shrimp
Once again, I very much agree with Joel, and my observations of crayfish & shrimp have been similar to his, although I've never done the scuba thing. There is a difference in what is life like |
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Carp?
you know somewhere I heard crayfish flies work for carp |
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FTF Fly Challenge: Wooly Buggers
Hook: Knapek streamerWeight: ConeheadTail: Barred marabou rustFlash: Copper krystal flashBody: Seal sub rustHackle: Hen grizzly dyed crayfish orangeCollar: Barred marabou in split threadCurrent |
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