Micro Crayfish - Jigged Nymph and streamer - McFly Angler crawfish Fly Tying Tutorial

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I just moved to South Texas and small crayfish patterns tend to work very well for smallmouth bass, Guadalupe bass, panfish and the Rio Ciclids. They also work for other fish like catfish and trout as well. So I decided to come up with my own small crawdad pattern. Now, I am sure someone has tied something similar to this in the past, maybe even exact. If you know of a fly that is similar or exact that has already been tied, please let me know. Pretty much everything under the sun has been tied before, and someone always seems to lay claim to a pattern. In fact I will regularly have multiple people lay claim to the same fly every time I make a video. But, either way, I thought this combination of materials and way to put them onto a hook was something that would work for this area. So I made it. LOL
Ok so, with that aside. This fly will be able to be fished like a nymph, but also like a crayfish streamer as well. I mean, you could float it under an indicator, or put it on as the sole fly, and site cast to fish. Bounce it off the bottom, or swim it right by them. I do think this fly is very versatile in the way you can fish it. You tell me what your experience with it is.
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@jarrettlandreth285 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, love all the little tips and details about certain steps that helps out amateurs like me a lot, love the unique look of this fly I’ll definitely give it a try for some bass and trout

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Tell me how it works for you

@bowhunter2712 4 жыл бұрын

Been waiting for this vid since you posted the picture. Thanks and keep up the great tying 🍻

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! So, after seeing the video, is it all you hoped for? Haha!

@smokeycigars7400 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome work! San Antonio I see on the locator. Lived there for many years. Also lived in New Braunfels. I miss the old NB. Many great day's fishing. Keep up the work and I'll definitely support your work and channel!

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks! Yeah I moved to SA just a few months ago, about 8 months or so. Hey thanks for supporting! Anything helps! :).

@ArcticFlies56 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice fly. It’s a killer fly bound to be irresistible. Bass won’t be able to resist it. Well done. Best regards, Richard

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@WesternPaFlyFisher 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like a great Small Mouth Pattern. I have bunch of these Risen hooks and love them. Ryan at Risen is great to deal with (and local to me). Thanks for the fly idea.

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks, let me know how it works for you. Yeah risen has some awesome stuff, and your right, Ryan is awesome for sure! I wish I was close by. Haha!

@ReplayFan562 4 жыл бұрын

Love the pattern. Thank you for sharing!

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

Hey glad you like it!

@frankfitzpatrick5168 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! This is a great fly for bass!

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@PiscatorFlies 4 жыл бұрын

Great cray Shawn. I really should be fishing this type of fly more often. I see lots of them in the creeks when i wade. Cheers

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! For sure, tons of small crayfish, and they are a juicy snack for a wide range of fish species. Let me know how it works for you

@GoShred95 4 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous. Simply gorgeous

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@coloradoflyguy5044 4 жыл бұрын

Great fly! Looks like I will be tying some of these in the near future! Looks like it will work great for carp at the dsp!

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Yeah let me know how it does for you.

@jameslarson763 3 жыл бұрын

Love the buggy mini cray!

@McFlyAngler 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@Prostotakrybalka 4 жыл бұрын

Good tying!💪💪💪👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@marksleeper3752 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the post great fly Kudos

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@joeduca8582 4 жыл бұрын

Shawn that's a cool looking "mud bug" :o) I like veiled orange dub ball under the hackles. That'll catch some fish. Glad to hear you're recovering, thanks and have a blessed holiday!

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks joe! How r things with you?

@joeduca8582 4 жыл бұрын

@@McFlyAngler Wet and cold but I just keep on keeping on! ;o) Thanks bro!

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

Been raining and snowing back there?

@joeduca8582 4 жыл бұрын

yeah, relatively warm for a time then rain, freezing rain, sleet, then snow, then in the 20s at night. Then it gets sunny, snow melts and the process starts again. I guess it's winter, lol. Actually we've been lucky, only one storm of about 8 inches that I had to snow blow. Did I read in the comments once that you've spent time in the Adirondacks? You still hunt?

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

Not sure where that is Joe, but I don’t actively hunt no. I mean, it’s not something I do regularly because I don’t always get the chance, but I do enjoy hunting yes. Just recently moved to Texas, so gotta figure out the hunting situations here, also, it’s been super warm, I kinda miss actual winter! Haha!

@huntingicon 4 жыл бұрын

AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING!!!

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@smcewen7 4 жыл бұрын

Nice!💪🎣

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@farmerbob4554 4 жыл бұрын

I really like the weight you added to this pattern. I bet you could fish this up and down the gravel bottom at Six Lakes where you were hammering the trout in those high winds. I never tried a craw pattern there but in the Spring there are lots of little 🦞 crawfish in the rocks along the dam. Should work great! Thanks for the cool video. I really enjoy watching you tie flies.

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you liked it. As soon as the government lets me sell flies maybe I can get some off to you to try out there.

@farmerbob4554 4 жыл бұрын

McFly Angler No hurry Shawn. How’s that go? I’m from the government and I’m here to help.

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

Lol! Here to help make my life miserable... haha. Yeah still waiting

@jacksonsironcityflies3090 3 жыл бұрын

The new one was so good

@McFlyAngler 3 жыл бұрын

New one?

@johnnylightning1491 4 жыл бұрын

Well I can't say it looks like a crayfish to me, but that doesn't mean I don't think it will catch fish. I think it will. Keep the good stuff coming.

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! So really? You don’t think it looks like a crayfish? I thought it was pretty close. I mean, it’s definitely not a lifelike replica, but many flies are more suggestive than exact. Anyway, hope all is good with you man. Glad you liked it! :).

@farmerbob4554 4 жыл бұрын

McFly Angler A successful fly is one that looks like food to the fish. And that fly looks like fish food to me!

@fishenfootball 4 жыл бұрын

Man that looks incredible! Silly question: Is that tungsten bead heavy enough to fish like a normal jig with spinning gear, or would this be more of a fly rod only fly?

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

Well probably not, but maybe... I’d say go with a larger hook, and larger bead, then put extra wraps of lead also behind the bead, then it could work yeah.

@RespekfulFungus 2 жыл бұрын

Dude, this in an olive/pumkinseed would be killer in the Ozarks!

@McFlyAngler 2 жыл бұрын

Well very possible to tie it in that color no question

@slickydicky 4 жыл бұрын

I'll have to get the rest of the materials for this fly, it looks like it would be hell on my local smallmouth population

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

Let me know how you do with it. I listed links in the description section for all the materials. Hope it helps.

@slickydicky 4 жыл бұрын

@@McFlyAngler it will be may before I do, they already moved out of my somewhat secret spot for the year. I fish a creek that's right down the road from my house they migrate down stream the first week of October to the lake it feeds into and dont return until the second week of may, you can almost set your watch by it. Thanks Bud

@mikeewing6035 4 жыл бұрын

Good carp fly, too.

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, yeah for sure, carp I think will like this.

@rayditzenberger9517 2 жыл бұрын

I dub with a shinney orange and use both fox and grey squirrel tail for the Winged

@McFlyAngler 2 жыл бұрын

Cool! Sounds like that’s a great pattern as well

@jimswartz183 2 жыл бұрын

Can you use Hungarian Partridge in place of the hen hackle?

@McFlyAngler 2 жыл бұрын

Sure, it will be a little shorter though in general, which might be good. I also find they are more stiff, so yeah, give it a go, see how it works for ya.

@jasrobsny 4 жыл бұрын

which species have you caught on this pattern?

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

None yet, haven’t fished it... been recovering from surgery. Sent a couple to a friend who got some smallmouth and panfish

@marksleeper3752 4 жыл бұрын

was the bead nickel color any info would be great thanks Mark

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

Link and info in the description section.. yes, black nickel. But you can use whatever you want

@marksleeper3752 4 жыл бұрын

thanks for the reply

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

👍

@evankniolek1154 4 жыл бұрын

Where do you get your materials so cheap?

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

I pay the same as you. Lol!

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

For hooks and beads I buy from risen. They have good quality at a good price. They also some other materials also. You get my same discount of 15% if you type in the code McFly at checkout

@fosterb300 4 жыл бұрын

Looks similar to the carp crack and Rio better patterns I use here in the Midwest. This type of nymph has even enticed Brown trout

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

Never heard of a rio better, but I have heard of a Rio getter, I’m sure that’s whatcha meant? Yeah I tied the Rio getter a while back on video. I guess similar, not exactly though. Definately similar style fly for sure.

@fosterb300 4 жыл бұрын

@@McFlyAngler lol yeah caught my typo.

@McFlyAngler 4 жыл бұрын

Haha! Actually probably autocorrects typo... Siri tends to think she knows better too often! Lol! Anyway, go check out my tying video for the Rio getter, it’s a decent fly for sure! Slightly easier to tie than this also, but I think personally this will work a little better for more stubborn fish.

@Darthbelal 3 жыл бұрын

This would be such a killer carp pattern.......

@McFlyAngler 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve actually tried it here for carp, and along with every single fly I’ve ever tried out this way, I can’t catch even a look. Seems like the carp here don’t eat!? Lol. I’d be interested to hear how it does for you. Please let me know.

@Darthbelal 3 жыл бұрын

@@McFlyAngler I will. Living in New England, NOW is the time to find oneself just below a dam throwing woolly buggers, or this little creation of yours. Carp do go for flies. They're also these cunning, sneaky little (big) pains in asses whose first habit is simply not taking what you've got to offer...

@McFlyAngler 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve caught them before, many times. Just not where I moved to a year ago. Here in Texas they are really tough to catch. Haven’t been able to figure them out yet