How to Tie a Simple Crayfish (Don Brown Crawdad)

Producer: Savage Flies

Created by Don Brown and featured in Dick Stewart’s “Flies for Bass and Panfish,” this is one of the simpler crawdad or crayfish fly patterns out there. Can be tied unweighted for lake bass and panfish or weighted for trout in faster water.”

Hook: #4-10 2x long, straight or curved
Thread: Black
Claws: Red squirrel tail
Body: Brown yarn or chenille
Legs: Palmered brown hackle
Shellback: Brown turkey or goose slip