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Merkin Crab: Step-By-Step fly tying
The Merkin crab has come a long way from its origins in the west Atlantic, where it was invented by Del Brown (who tied it with yarn) to target Atlantic permit.
Here, Milan Germishuizen of Flycastaway explains how to tie his version of a Merkin used for the Indo-Pacific permit of St. Brandon's atoll. The flat coin shape and heavy tungsten dumbell sinks the fly into the zone quickly, and the long 'crazy' legs and hackle claws produce a ton of static movement. This is Milan's and the rest of Flycastaway's most successful St Brandon's permit fly to date.
Materials:
Hook: Gamakatsu SL12S #2.
Weight: 3mm tungsten dumbell eyes
Thread: 8/0 Veevis chartreuse
Tail: Indian cock 'Badger' hackle
Body: Sand sculpting fibre.
Legs: Hairline Pearl crazy legs
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Milan Germishuizen of Flycastaway milangermishuizen
0:00 - Intro
0:30 - Background
3:50 - Materials Used
8:35 - Knot to Use
10:30 - Hook in the Vice
12:00 - Tail
16:00 - Sculpting Fibre Body
29:16 - Body Trimming
33:55 - Weed Guard
35:30 - Outro
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  • @douglascampbell506
    @douglascampbell506 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Awesome looking fly:For leervis. Nice it works Tigers too. : Well done

  • @douglascampbell506
    @douglascampbell506 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Yup you are spot on: Grunter love these round headed "Klipvis". These Klipvis work very well as live-bait. The red colour works because if the following reasons. 1: As the fly rises into the sunlight: The red of gills and blood would shine through. 2: As the klipvis breaths it will open and close its gills: A fish coming up behind would see the Red of the gills

  • @yabigman3
    @yabigman3 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You tie some awsome flies. Wished you would upload more videos. Love watching your vids brother. One of the best on youtube, if not the best.

  • @GinoMSI
    @GinoMSI 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    perfeito! like

  • @nickmartin4273
    @nickmartin4273 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you very much for the most detailed Merkin tie yet! Super tidy tying technique 👌 Also fantastic zoomed in camera work! Cheers Nicko

  • @chiljunior
    @chiljunior 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Loving home 😊

  • @freddefelice1419
    @freddefelice1419 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You offer so many great tips with one tie. Back behind the vise after many years bringing up a family and if it wasn't for TH-cam I'd be way behind. Thankfully great tyers like yourself provide us with all their skills. Hundreds of the materials used today were not even around before TH-cam so thank you so much. Your time spent is very much appreciated.

  • @freddefelice1419
    @freddefelice1419 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    One of the best videos on tying CDC. Excellent profile and demonstration. Thank you Sir.

  • @PadbrakkeFishing1
    @PadbrakkeFishing1 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Awesome

  • @savourtotaste
    @savourtotaste 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Yo you should try make a trip to Oman some time the fishing with ( No Boundary Fishing) is next level size fish would definitely be a highlight of your fishing carear on a fly real if at all even possible lol.

    • @savourtotaste
      @savourtotaste 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Actually I see they have a whole fly fishing section now days so definitely possible. www.noboundariesoman.com

  • @broken8wt407
    @broken8wt407 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    no reason this reel should cost $1000.

  • @ryanmalan8303
    @ryanmalan8303 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    been living in Dubai for 2 yrs so far chasing these machines, they are epic on the fly… caught a bunch if slabs but there are also Kings, Cudda, Trevally and more out here to get into ❤

  • @tiesflies
    @tiesflies 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Lmao you crack me up. One of my favorite tyers ever.

  • @craigpryke43
    @craigpryke43 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Obviously have no use for clippers on yourself🤣🤣 Great looking fly.

  • @Tokyoflyfishing
    @Tokyoflyfishing หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fly fishing Jesus!?

  • @christophertomlinson6658
    @christophertomlinson6658 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can you guys do a fly tying vid with springbok hair?

  • @williambrown8730
    @williambrown8730 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Not sure what’s more amazing… the fly or the vice…😊

  • @santisportfishing
    @santisportfishing หลายเดือนก่อน

    🔥🔥🔥

  • @oldsmugglerflyfishing
    @oldsmugglerflyfishing หลายเดือนก่อน

    Looks awesome! A big fish fly.

  • @Oholisfliesandfishing
    @Oholisfliesandfishing หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video 🎉🎉

  • @NDFlyFisher
    @NDFlyFisher หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice tie! How do you decide when and where to use reverse ties?

  • @B4TTLEFISH
    @B4TTLEFISH หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dude I'm looking to buy some Popper flies in dubai can anyone recommend

    • @Asmr67689
      @Asmr67689 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You can find it in al ras

    • @B4TTLEFISH
      @B4TTLEFISH หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Asmr67689 Shop??

    • @B4TTLEFISH
      @B4TTLEFISH หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Asmr67689 which shop

    • @ryanmalan8303
      @ryanmalan8303 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      best to buy some material and tie your own, I live in Dubai flyfishing is alien here lol

    • @B4TTLEFISH
      @B4TTLEFISH 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@ryanmalan8303 hey well i do tie my own flies but don't what mateiral is used to make a popper body?

  • @andrewkennedy7667
    @andrewkennedy7667 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome video 🤘🏼🤘🏼

  • @gerhardstrydom5249
    @gerhardstrydom5249 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great vid!! I live in Abu Dhabi for the past 8.5yrs... biggest queen sofar is 8kg (but with live bait), had some minor success with fly from the shore

  • @santisportfishing
    @santisportfishing หลายเดือนก่อน

    sweet!

  • @chrisbladen9490
    @chrisbladen9490 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cool demo !! Thanks Herman!

  • @oldsmugglerflyfishing
    @oldsmugglerflyfishing หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome story!

  • @Anthonyinkz
    @Anthonyinkz หลายเดือนก่อน

    Exactly the same cheep hook we get in UK from China, we buy in bulk on ebay

  • @saedmalkawi6865
    @saedmalkawi6865 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why are you even using a fly rod, that "fly" looks like a lead jighead. It is heavy enough that You can easily cast it with a spinning rod

  • @bradleysparg69
    @bradleysparg69 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Try poppers for the surface bite .... much more fun ...... mostly very small Queenies hey....but fun .

  • @DrFish71
    @DrFish71 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great work Matt! Well done

  • @gallimaufry5281
    @gallimaufry5281 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good lord I need to get there and do that! Awesome guys 💪

  • @shoregamesdxb
    @shoregamesdxb หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing! queens are everywhere in dubai 🎣

  • @seanriordan257
    @seanriordan257 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yo Ramesh! See you again soon

  • @nanaminursery2479
    @nanaminursery2479 หลายเดือนก่อน

    To the next person watching this video. Put it on mute and skip the first 5 min. You're welcome

  • @jediblocmates6962
    @jediblocmates6962 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Class video and thanks for sharing this experience .

  • @jediblocmates6962
    @jediblocmates6962 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I will defintely be doing this at some point. Thanks for the lakka vid.

  • @LostFishingAus
    @LostFishingAus หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a thumbnail! 🫂

  • @4amwaj
    @4amwaj หลายเดือนก่อน

    Gold!

  • @glennplatvoet7111
    @glennplatvoet7111 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Interesting never know 😜

  • @andrevanaardt4846
    @andrevanaardt4846 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video, well done.

  • @aaroncobb9930
    @aaroncobb9930 หลายเดือนก่อน

    AVW is the real Dr. Dre.

  • @ToddSloanIAAN
    @ToddSloanIAAN หลายเดือนก่อน

    Meticulous 2:39 the very intense job but don't breathe vapors from that spray cleaner...

  • @zafotbeeb
    @zafotbeeb 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This fly will result in a major mess of your leader tippet, as it will heliocopter like crazy as tied .

    • @TheMissionFlyFishingMagazine
      @TheMissionFlyFishingMagazine 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Perhaps if you insist on fishing it with the wrong tippet, you get that effect. Seems to not be a problem for Herman and the other Vaal River anglers who use this fly.

  • @tonyblacktopful
    @tonyblacktopful 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awsome fly man

  • @alfonsagelwei5280
    @alfonsagelwei5280 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Andre, I've only seen a few of your tutorials so far. They are absolutely awesome!! I caught my first ever musky this year, completely by mistake while fishing for walleye. I am totally hooked. Like buying a complete new outfit, tying new flies kind of hooked. For 37 years I've flyfished for nothing but trout, mostly bugs size 12 or smaller. Your videos are a great learning tool for me. Can't wait to see something else from you.

  • @oldsmugglerflyfishing
    @oldsmugglerflyfishing 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice looking pattern

  • @nathantaylor9178
    @nathantaylor9178 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Who painted the picture in the background of the carp or yellowtail eating the dry fly?

  • @SamFright
    @SamFright 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful little nymph

  • @jaybartow8769
    @jaybartow8769 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Perfect demonstration and tutorial