I have a few of these in size 8 (I think)..they are unweighted. Wanted to give them a try..Anyone fish these and if so any tips on how to present them?. Do I have to split shot them or just let them drift?
Janus
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Clouser Crayfish?
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Brian, the McCabe's crayfish is a better pattern in my opinion, and it was invented by George McCabe, who by the way is an Ohio fly fisherman. I believe
he's from up around your neck of the woods somewhere.
His pattern was intended for carp and smallmouth. I tie it in small sizes and use dead chain for the weight instead of lead eyes so I can throw it on a 3wt or 2wt. (size 10, 12, 14.) http://www.classicflytying.com/pattern1085.html
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J,
That looks pretty easy to tie. Les |
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Posts: 188 07/05/09 9:05 PM |
Thanks J I'll look into those.
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Yes it's easy to tie. Works extremely well on smallmouth. The McCabe's is also very durable, no feather claws. I like smaller more subtle claws anyway
and it's easy to make smaller claws with the squirrel tail.
By the way Brian, I fish crayfish patterns either by stripping them back like a streamer ( just off the bottom) or dead drifted using the high stick method. Crayfish patterns should be weighted so that you can get them down fast, and keep them there. J.
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Posts: 188 07/06/09 10:41 AM |
J think I can substitute for squirrel.? I have no squirrel..
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Natural fox squirrel tail is the ticket. I suppose you could sub with bucktail though. I assume that you have the same species of crayfish in the Rocky that
are in the Grand. The ones in the Grand are olive colored and have pronounced orange on the ends of the claws. The fox squirrel tail mimics this coloration
extremely well.
Squirrel tails are cheap, and worth having. I tie up a few patterns that call for squirrel. J.
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Posts: 34 07/06/09 12:43 PM |
Here's another crayfish pattern:
http://globalflyfisher.com/patterns/my-favorite-dad/ This one's easy to tie, too. |
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Pekka, I really like the looks of that pattern. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
J.
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Posts: 188 07/06/09 11:10 PM |
Thanks Pekka I will try that one as well.
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