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| Gila River Crayfish |
Crayfish, Crawfish, or Crawdad, whatever you wish to call them, are just too cool. Imagine life as this hard shell predator. Even though many species prey on them I can't help appreciate how well defensively equipped they are.
Have you ever been pinched...wow! It hurts. Besides defense, a crawfish can also lose a pincher and grow it back. This guy in photo lost one somewhere in its recent life.
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| Eagle Creek Oregon - underwater |
Creek Crawler - Picture and Fly provided by Umpqua
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| Fly Designer Duane Hada |
The small claw feathers tuck tight to the body for good reason. To fish a craw pattern you want to get this on bottom quickly as possible. The slim profile enables it to fall quickly. You can fish it on a sink tip but I prefer to fish floating line with a long leader of fine tippet. The fine tippet also aids in getting to bottom. Once the fly reaches bottom I really don't think bass care what it looks like. It just needs to scurry around bottom deflecting off rocks and stirring silt. It's a brilliant fly design and tied by someone who really understands the purpose and not just replicating what we think it should look like.
Get em here...
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