Svend's Cray Cray Fly Pattern Tutorial
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- If you love fishing crayfish patterns this is a must have for your box.
It is a combination of many patterns I have tied and tested over the years and finally love the way this one fishes and is tied. There is nothing new about some of the things I have done with this Crayfish that make it different than others besides the 3 cones of hackle to create the head and minimize the arm fouling. Along with using the tab legs to create a shell, which isnt new, but using the mono to not cut the tab legs and covering in a good resin makes this fly bullet proof to last many many fish piercings.
I cover the eye in UV resin because I am usually stripping and jigging this in through the rocks or shallows on a floating line. It can be simply dropped and jigged, the weight will place it in a defensive position and the arms being made of rabbit will naturally trap air causing them to rise making it vulnerable to any fish looking for a snack.
It is more time consuming than other Crayfish patterns I have fished, but this is way more effective and way more durable than others I have tied while also minimizing materials needed. I love this Black/Orange Magnum Rabbit strip color and also fish them in dark olives can crayfish orange.
I typically fish this from the shore casting at angles and stripping it across the rocks with quick strips and long pauses to allow it to rest in the defensive position with claws up. I also have cast it towards the banks from a float tube but try to strip parallel to the shoreline. Almost always to I fish with floated line.
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Svend
The Recipe:
Hook: #Ahrexhooks TP650 26 degree hook
Thread: #Semperfli waxed thread 8/0
Hackle: #Whitingfarms American Hackle Rooster Orange grizzly
Large Antenna: #harelinedubbin Grizzly legs
Antennule/Legs: Voodoo Fibers
Claws/Body: Rabbit strips
Shell/Tail fin: Tab rubber legs
Ribbing of Abdomen: 20-30 lb mono
Shell: #Semperfli no tack uv resin
Beautiful! I’d hate to hang that in a tree!!! Tight lines🕷️🐛🐜!!!!
The eye on the vise. Nice touch.
I am very impressed with this pattern! You really knocked it out of the park! Great job Dilla!
Best looking crayfish pattern I've seen!!! Can't wait to tie some ;)
Thanks for this very well done video...much appreciated 😎
Glad you enjoyed it
WHAT A SUPER FLY,,, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND PASSION FOR ALL OF US,, WITH TIPS AND TRICKS,,,, WELL DONE 👍,,,, TXS AGAIN
Just ran across your channel and saw this , sweet . Thanks for sharing.
Thats awesome. Ive followed you on tic tok, since ive stared tyeing. I really enjoy your work. Now I knos why all your flys are professional. You've been at this for awhile.
Thanks for following along and appreciate the praise.
I tied up a few of these for a Michigan trip. It's a GREAT pattern. Takes some time to tie but is well worth it. This fly looks alive in the water, even when it's just sitting there. Twitch it and it looks just like a crayfish. I nailed lots of largemouth bass with it in Saginaw bay last week, and even caught a bofin. It should work on smallies and catfish too. One change I made is from rabbit strip claws to raccoon which I find more durable. I'll be trying this as a lobster pattern for Stripers in Long Island Sound soon.
Awesome. Thanks for the report. Glad it worked well for you.
Big Brownies would fall for that beautiful craw.
Dude! Cray cray made the cover of J. Stockard 2021 fly tying catalog!!! Well done sir!!
Thanks Tim. I was stoked when they said they wanted it in some fun colors
Great crayfish pattern. It's going to crush bass
Thank you. Yes it does
Really like this cray pattern a lot. One of the more realistic silhouettes I've seen out there. Not sure that the fish care but I enjoy tying as realistic as my abilities will allow!
Mike Skinner this is not my simplest cray fish but I think the lifelike in the water makes up for the extra time. Sometimes when I tie them too lifelike they don’t hold up too well, this one is durable and lasts many fish
Thanks for sharing an absolutely deadly Crayfish pattern !! I live in west Michigan & our rivers are full of crayfish. I have been tying for a very long time & this is the best pattern I've ever seen tied & cannot wait to tie up some to try out soon. Thanks again !! David M. Clunk, Fisher-of-Men Fly Tying Ada, Michigan
Awesome man. Yeah it’s been a productive pattern for me as well. I can’t wait til temps get up this spring to start bass fishing again. For now I got to try and pull them through the ice
Found this vid through J Stockard catalog. Your flies on the cover are absolutely stunning. Now this here fly looks like a fish assassin if I've ever seen one. Good job! Thanks for putting this up for us!
thanks for watching. its a way fun fly to tie and has a lot of color combos, although Ive only found variations effective on my local waters which are the 2 colors Montana Fly released this year
This pattern is so smart and funny to tie. Really apreciate you sharing this
Conny B glad you enjoyed it.
This is the best craw pattern I’ve seen yet. Definitely will tie some up!! Thank you........
kevin j. toner thanks man.
Well thought out pattern....Can't wait to give these a shot on the vise and on the water!! Thanks again for sharing
Thanks man. It’s been a few combinations of lots of patterns I’ve tried and fished
I love your fly. Great job
Thanks a lot!
Great lesson, cant wait to give it a try. I expect a run on that hook.
Just tied it and can’t wait to fish it!! Awesome!!!!
Nice. Send me a photo. Love seeing them
I bet this catches the big boys! Great pattern.
No girls kinda sexist
Bro I killed them today on this with a few slight changes for what they crayfish look like in pa. Thanks for sharing your technique
That’s great. Glad it worked for you.
What changes did you make for pa?
Very nice tie, very creative, can't wait to to tie a few & try them out, thanks for sharing.
Awesome. Dm me done pictures on other platforms when you do. Love seeing others
Svend, this is about the coolest craw pattern I’ve ever seen. I’m a bass lake guy, does it work well in lakes and what type of line, presentation and technique? Yes, I’m going for all the secrets, lol. I know several guys from that article in Flyfisherman Mag about the goal of catching a 10 pound bass on a fly; I’m on that quest as well. I have the lake near me and it’s only 90 acres, great chance there as several 10+ lbs have been pulled from there.. Thanks in advance!
A 10 lber would be epic. Locally I can’t seem to break the 4lb large mouth and small mouth threshold but I know they exist. I fish it on floating line from the bank adjusting the leader to reach the depths I need while still being able to cast the size I am casting. Depending on the lake or structure, I sometimes quickly strip it as a retreating craw and let them come out and chomp it (always fun to watch). Other times I let it sit and do small twitches and then let it rest and repeat. There isn’t really secrets other than playing around with what your lake seems to like and adjusting to depth and structure.
Yea, our water is not all that clear, about 3 ft visibility . This lake has very limited bank fishing, but I fish out of a float tube. I’ve already got a 5 pounder this year and last year got my PB 6.1 lbs. The Day I caught my 5 lbr, my buddy caught a 5,7,8 and 9 lb all on conventional gear; Swimbaits. Now it seems they are favoring crawdad. I didn’t have a crawdad pattern but after I left I realized a simple wooly bugger might have worked. Sometimes I over think the situation.
@@jeffcollins1172 yeah where I go there are too many recreational boaters that make float tube fishing a nightmare. When I head to other states I’ve done that with awesome success
Awesome pattern - thank you for sharing! I fish a river I know is loaded with crayfish and just yesterday had bass chasing some large shiners I hooked. I'll need to tie a few of these and throw them to see if they get it done!
Bass like them for sure. Good luck. Keep me posted
Very well thought out pattern, I can tell you have spent time perfecting this. I love the use of the Ahrex TP 650 Hook
Yeah it’s a solid hook. I think this is version 17. Trying to make it durable, fishable, minimal materials, and fun. Hard to get them all but it might trick a fish
A beautiful fly, thank you for sharing.
juicy k the neighborhood baller glad you enjoyed.
Really enjoyed this pattern with your permission would like to tie and dish this pattern. Thanks again.
John Dozier do it.
Neither here nor there, but for the antennae on the second one of these I tied, I stripped a couple of crummy thick spined marabou and Magic Markered them black. Looks pretty good here in my shop. I'll let you know if they disintegrate when I get this bug in the water. 🙂 Thanks again!
Nice work 👌🏻🍺
Awesome looking fly .
Thank you
Love it! Killer craw fly Svend. Cheers
Piscator Flies thanks man. It’s even more fun to tie than fish
Great fly pattern
Thank you
Awesomeness
Happy days
Very Clever! Thanks!
Sweet fly!
Thanks! 👍
Man it's an awesome tie🎯
Thank you
Nice!I'll have to try this one👍Black and Red color would be good
seanfishingtexas that sounds killer
@@Svenddiesel if you check out my IG seanfishingtexas i make a rattle craw thats black and red
I am going to tie some of these up for pond hopping looks simple not a lot of material and will be fun to catch fish and tie
Yeah just a few items needed. Maybe stuff you already have
@@Svenddiesel I don't have any of that stuff I am new to tying so I buy the stuff for the fly I am tying so simple stuff haha
I really want to get into fly fishing for smallies, and I couldn’t think of a better pattern! This looks soooo buggy, I’m itching to tie one of these!
Do it.
Looks like a great pattern! Great video. This summer I’d like to dial in using crayfish fly patterns.
Is there a one stop shop that has all the materials?
Try j stockard
I really appreciate all the thought that went into this pattern...and I'm excited to start tying some up. Thanks so much for the excellent job you've done in sharing it here. I do think I'll include weed guards on a few of my ties...cuz dem bass seem to be hanging out in the weedy places sometimes. I've not done a whole bunch of this bass fishing with bugs, though. Can you recommend a particular weed guard style you have found that you like?
You can either loop it from the back up and over and tie off at the front of the hook with some 40-60lb mono. You can also bend the mono at an angle and have it stick straight up to block weeds off the hook point. Both are about sixes but I generally do the loop method when adding a weed guard
That’s killer!
Thanks. I think so
thanks, that is amazing
Thank you
You may have covered this in a previous vid, but what are those scissors??? Love the colors.
They are from franken fly
Great vid! What weight dumbbell eyes are you using with this?
Usually medium or large depending on hook size
On that third cone couldn’t you reverse tie a small batch of deer hair to help prevent fouling
You could
Filthy! What a great tie bro
Ken Beck thanks man
great looking fly,i live in kemmerer wy if your ever in area .can you sell these thanks
Couldn't find the link for the video to make your own eyes how do I find that. Love the pattern
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Which river are you throwing this out on ? The Provo, Weber or Green ?
I'm in UT also.
None of the above although I’ve sold some to anglers fishing the area of the green. I’ve used them on a lot of still water lakes with crawdads in them like strawberry. Find some rocks and use long pauses.
Which dubbin loop twister did you use? Looked like it really worked well...
Stonfo roto elite dubbing tool.
I would like to give this a try, looking for the weight you tied-in, could you point me in e right direction, or suggest an alternative? Thanks!
Lead eyes or lead dumbell eyes
www.jsflyfishing.com/hareline-heavy-lead-eyes
Do you sell the clip for the rabbit strip hair? The pattern looks awesome
Luke Miller it’s the Swiss cdc multiclip I just put my stickers on. I also use the petijean magic clip. There are other clips you can use as well. But I don’t sell any tying tools, but do have the decals on my website if you want some Viking stickers
Svend Diesel Awesome thanks
Are you using a full cape or would a saddle work
I’m using the american hackle rooster saddle just so all the feathers are about the same size for tying a lot of them. A cape would work just the feathers might not be as long so you would need to use more maybe. Hard to tell without seeing what you have or are looking at buying
I have a bugger cape but the feathers are not wide enough. I also have several colors of saddles; I think they’ll work
Great looking fly. Bet she is a heavy girl when wet. Can wait to try it
Ryan Kerr yeah that’s the main reason I do a dub loop rather than just palmering cross cut rabbit. Saves some weight