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Cray Cray

Streamer · Trout · Smallmouth Bass · Largemouth Bass · Panfish · Intermediate · 2 versions

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Heavy wet/streamer (Ahrex FW550 or 3XL), 4-8
  • Thread Orange 8/0

Materials

  • Eyes Black ostrich herl (Medium lead eyes (on top, rides point-up))
  • Antennae Orange/brown material (5-6 rubber legs folded over)
  • Claws Rust rabbit fur blended with goat hair (Exo-skin / thin foam, two splayed)
  • Tail weight Clear head cement (Mono wraps under the tail)
  • Rib Red buzzer wrap (0.2mm wire)
  • Body Blaze orange (Carp/blend dubbing)

How to tie it

  1. Mount the hook and lash the lead eyes on top near the eye so the fly inverts and rides claws-up.
  2. At the bend, add a few wraps of mono along the rear of the shank. This bit of weight at the tail makes the fly settle in a defensive claws-up attack posture on the bottom.
  3. Tie in 5-6 folded rubber legs as antennae and two splayed exo-skin claws facing rearward.
  4. Tie in the red wire rib.
  5. Dub a shaggy blaze-orange body forward, figure-8 around the eyes, and stop behind the hook eye.
  6. Counter-wrap the wire rib in 5-6 turns and tie off.
  7. Whip finish, pick out the dubbing for legs, and set the tail wraps with a drop of UV resin.

Other versions

1 more in the app: Svend Diesel's.

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