Category Archives: Bottom Bouncer

From Flymen Fishing Company:
“The Flymen Fish-Skull Craw is a realistic, yet easy to tie crawfish pattern. The Fish-Skull Shrimp & Cray Tail sends this fly straight to the bottom with an enticing swimming motion. The Flymen Fish-Skull Craw dominates warm and coldwater species!”

Materials list:
Hook: Kona Universal Strong Streamer Hook, size 1/0
Tail: Fish-Skull Shrimp & Cray Tail
Antennae: Fish-Skull Faux Bucktail
Head: Grizzly Saddle Hackle
Flash: Senyo’s Fusion Dub
Eyes: Mono Eyes
Claws: Rabbit Strip
Body: Rabbit Strip
Skirt: Sili-Legs

Steve Yewchuck with an awesome baby lobster fly. Steve is very creative and is always coming up with cool designs. This baby lobster which can also be fished as a crayfish caught my eye, so I asked Steve for more details. See below. You can follow Steve on Instagram @envisionflyworks. Follow this link to see Steve’s Instagram.

Materials list:

Hook Partridge universal predator x 3/0 slightly bent up eye
Weight XL dumbbell and 5 wraps of .035
Shell is a painted glue on nail
Eyes MFC KK’s crustaceans eyes
Body/legs Just Add H20 Brushes
Claws/antenna Cohen’s creatures crayfish , claws separated with a clump of deerhair
Raidzap uv resin for added 3D details

Steve said, “The fly was designed with the need of a baby Lobster pattern to fish for Northeast Stripers but can easily be fished as a crayfish pattern. The pattern can be downsized or upsized very easily. The weight on this one is actually XL dumbbell and 5 straight pieces of .035 along the bottom of the shank as the keel. Like a triangle not wraps.”

From Flymen Fishing Company:
The Flymen Fish-Skull Craw is a realistic, yet easy to tie crawfish pattern. The Fish-Skull Shrimp & Cray Tail sends this fly straight to the bottom with an enticing swimming motion. The Flymen Fish-Skull Craw dominates warm and coldwater species!

Fly Recipe:

Hook: Kona Universal Strong Streamer Hook, size 1/0
Tail: Fish-Skull Shrimp & Cray Tail
Antennae: Fish-Skull Faux Bucktail
Head: Grizzly Saddle Hackle
Flash: Senyo’s Fusion Dub
Eyes: Mono Eyes
Claws: Rabbit Strip
Body: Rabbit Strip
Skirt: Sili-Legs

From Flymen Fishing Company:
“Everyone could use a few good crawfish patterns in their fly box. The thing with crawfish fly patterns is you tend to lose them in the rocks faster than you can tie some of the intricate flies that imitate these bottom-dwellers. The Fish-Skull CrawBody on the Sparkle Craw makes tying a crawfish imitation foolproof and fast. But what is a Crawfish pattern if it doesn’t get to the bottom? The Fish-Skull Shrimp & Cray Tail gets the Sparkle Craw to the bottom in no time.”

Fly Recipe:

Hook: Kona Nymph Streamer 2XL (NS2), size #6
Tail: Fish-Skull Shrimp & Cray Tail, medium
Under Body: Ice Dub
Antennae: Magnum Sili Legs
Under Antennae: Fish-Skull Faux Bucktail
Rib: Mono
Over Body: Fish-Skull CrawBody, large

The Fly Fiend shows how to tie a Mini Swing Sculpin. Neat little fly and a little different take on a sculpin. Check it out.