Austin Angler Crawdad

Austin Angler Crawdad
(George Glazener version)



Materials:
1. Long shank Mustad 34011 hook (I know… It’s a SW/SS hook – but what I had)
2. Ultra suede material (Available in fabric stores)
3. Sili-Leg material
4. Mono Eyes
5. Closed cell foam cylinder ~3/4 by 3/8 inch
6. .025 lead wire
7. Medium copper wire
8. Aunt Lydia Craft and Rug Yarn



Template:



Skeleton Photo:



Tying Instructions:

1. Lay down thread base to hook bend (If mono weed guard needed, tie in at this time)
2. Tie in sili-tentacles and mono eyes.
3. Slide under-body foam cylinder over hook eye.
4. Wind .025 lead wire to within ~1/8 inch of hook eye.
5. Super glue all components
6. Glue Ultra Suede “claws” on top of underbody foam cylinder.
7. Tie in yarn at eye and wrap body to desired shape.
8. Tie in sili-legs
9. Punch hole in tail of Ultra Suede body tail material, and slide over hook eye.
10. Apply glue to top of underbody, stretch body material forward in place and hold until secure.
11. Tie in copper wire and wrap to form segmented crawdaddy tail.
12. GO FISH!

THANKS!! sexy!

crawdadilicious!

So does it sink pretty slowly with that foam cylinder tied in under the body?

It will sink slowly - sit on its tail with head up - waving the claws in the current.
Deadly clear water bug.

Very nice, sir. Thanks for the instructions. You're an asset to our little community.

I love that, thanks George.

awesome George, thank you very much, that looks like the ticket for Broken Bow smallies. I am buying some ultra-suede & rug yarn this weekend.

great instructions George...I bet that is a great pattern

I GOTTA get some ultrasuede...

OK, now what did I do with that brown Ultra-Suede sport coat I got to fat for?
I'll bet, too, that if you don't have the cylinder, you can roll your own out of some 3/4" wide strips.

Lookin' good, Sir! Thanks for the recipe

Kirk

love the crawfish but how does this keep from flipping over and swimming with the hook up?

just curious. want to make a few. good instructions!!
thanks. justin

Lead A** crawdad with foam body ...
ENJOY...

damn those are nice

That's a great fly. I have an ultrasuede couch that is quite thankfully the wrong color. Otherwise there would be real problems at my house.

Super cool 'dad.

couch up on a jack, rolled up under that baby with a razor blade, wife walks in "I was....looking for that darned rat that has been nibbling off pieces of your peacock feathers and ostrich herls - yeah, that's the ticket!".

Just tied one cant wait to go fish this thing.

they look great Derik!

Those are outstanding and as a bonus your diorama made two things pop into my mind:


and

Flip those hooks over to help with the weedlesserness?

Someone call the po-lice. derick d is hosting mudbug fights.

I like the cut of your jib, sir.

I did something for that

Ahhhh it is allll becoming slightly more translucent to me now. Well played.

Everybody has a daddy but this one is mine. Who is your daddy?

The Stoner Dad. Size 1/0

You sir, are somewhere between an entomologist, an artist and someone who has way too much time on their hands! They look fantastic, but I'm not sure if I could fish with them...they're just far too fancy.

Thank you RobotDoc. All my flies are meant to be fished and just like tying the typical buggers and clousers, its just a matter of repetition. I've become a fishing bum, that's all.

The Stoner Dad dosen't look as complicated to me as Joe Robinson's Mudbug. Seems like when Joe showed me how to tie his it has 43 separate steps to tie the fly.

Big Dale

Thanks Dale, what I called the Austin Angler Crawdad was Joe Robinson's Mudbug .... so long ago that I had forgotten the names but knew it came from Austin Angler origin via West Bank Angler's.
George

All three are fine occupations!

Yes, I have been silently admiring these flies for some time now. Shadow box stuff for sure!

Personally, I got the being a bum with "way too much time on their hands!" down pretty well, but can there's always room for improvement.

Brimbum, I'm glad you find the Stoner Dad less complicated. To be honest with you, I do as well. Yup, KISS.

Long as you keep the beautiful photos coming.

Kindly of you to approve, but moderation is good however. I dig it.

Ran into Joe the other day at Reimers Ranch, cool guy.

Sorry to revive this one from the grave, but can anyone recommend an affordable outlet for Ultrasuede? That stuff is like $9 a sheet for less than one square foot.

Ultrasuede