MJ’s Juvenile Crayfish

Tied and Submitted by Mike Brinkac: “Position of hourglass eye and body foam causes fly to stand at an angle from the bottom which resembles a crayfish in a defensive posture….”

Cooder Craw

Tied and Submitted by Jason Estrella: “Crawdads always seem to be a go to bait, lure, or fly for bass. I tie this pattern in orange and in olive….”

MJ’s Biot Ant

Tied and Submitted by Mike Brinkac: ““The Biot Ant” is a fish magnet! The quills of the hackle move while in water which give this fly natural animation….”

Fingernail Beetle

Fingernail Beetle tied and submitted by Mike Brinkac: “Pattern History:
Most beetle flies are tied with foam bodies. MJ’s Beetle incorporates an artificial fingernail cut into a beetle shell with underlying foam for flotation….”

MJ’s Tent Caterpillar

MJ’s Tent Caterpillar tied by Mike Brincak: “Fly mimics a tent caterpillar. Tied with black/brown, black/green, black/orange foam combinations….”

Sarcastic Cicada

Sarcastic Cicada Tied by Rustly Bolding: “I put this fly together after the massive Cicada hatch we had this year. I spent countless hours searching for a fly pattern that looked like the real thing but couldn’t find what I wanted so I took one of the bugs and tried to match it’s size and colors…..”

Enzo’s Dragonfly

Enzo’s Dragonfly tied by Enzo Ceravolo: “This design model with a realistic fly to fish in areas such as slow water lakes and small dams…”

Monocacy Bumble Bee

Monocacy Bumble Bee tied by Jeff Price: “I created this pattern after searching for an easy bumble bee pattern that would stand up to the panfish….”

Waterboatman

Waterboatman tied by Xavier Molina: “In our trout lakes there are lots of wb’s, but the trout wont take a generic imitation so I developed this pattern to target those stubborn trout….”

Hotspot Crawdad

The first pattern for the 2011 Fly Tying Contest –Hotspot Crawdad tied by Ian Anderson: “This pattern was developed in the summer of 2010 after smallmouth fishing with some friends who were…”

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