Chain Gang Crayfish
June 9, 2011 by Brian Wise
Filed under Bass Flies, Freshwater Flies, Uncategorized, Warmwater Flies
Submitted and Tied by: Dean Myers
Pattern Recipe:
DaiRiki 700B
Dumbell eyes
16 beads of bead chain
-two small rabbit strips for each claw
-foam strip glued between the rabbit strips
Antenna: pheasant tail
eyes: black bead chain
shell: furry foam
body: wiggle dubbing in dubbing loop
ribbing: copper wire
Pattern History:
After winning this contest with the chain gang stonefly, I decided to apply the bead chain concept to other patterns. Here is one of the results.
(Editor’s Note: Dean Myers is the Grand Prize Winner of the 2010 Feather-Craft Fly Tying Contest, his pattern “The Chain Gang” is now in production with Rainy’s making him ineligible to win the 2011 Feather-Craft Fly Tying Contest…..so this is just for fun)
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