holywaters_ca
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I'm all over the Flexo Crab myself. Nothing better for Permit in Cuba
That nifty pattern must be be the "sweet" part of "sweetandsalt"! Tying instructions please!?While I have had success with Enrico Puglisi's hen hackle "Fuzzy Crab", the #1 in my arsenal now is the RF "Sideways Swimming Crab" in smaller sizes for bonefish and bigger for permit. On the strip it streamlines like a crab with folded legs and, on the pause and drop, all those fibers and silicone legs pop out in place.
That nifty pattern must be be the "sweet" part of "sweetandsalt"! Tying instructions please!?
I'd love to see the tying instructions. Please send me a PM. Thanks!as you can see, it is a shrimp imitation. this may be the reason why the fish chase it, which makes hook-up much easier as with a crab pattern, which you are supposed to let drop when a permit sees it, and just can hope for striking at the right moment.
best,
Wolfgang
p.s.: this fly is not easy, but if you want I can send tying instructions by pm or e-mail to all interested to try.
Danke sehr Wolfi, Sie sind ein toller Mensch!Hi all you permit fishermen and women out there.
I got quite a few requests for the tying instructions; since this is not an easy fly, it is not easy to describe how to make one. For this reason, I decided to do the instructions with pictures. Please give me a few days for this. I will post here.
Thanks,
Wolfgang
Thank you for all the effort!hi all.
after several requests about the tying instructions for this fly, I have done my first-ever full description of the tying steps with pictures for a fly. sorry this took a few days - taking pictures and finding out how to post this within the text was also new to me.
this is not an easy fly, but I hope the posting is detailed enough to lead you through. let me know if it worked, and also if you need some help. I will try my best.
and do not give up too soon. the hot-melt glue is not an easy material to work with, you have to get used to it. I know there is epoxy and all, but I hate this stuff - the fast set is usually too fast, and the slow set keeps on running. in contrast to epoxy, the hot-melt glue stays a little soft. maybe the fish like this - while a crab may have a tough shell, no shrimp is hard as rocks. in addition, I think the buoyancy of the hot-melt glue is adding a crucial feature to this fly. due to this, a pull on the line makes the fly move up a little in the water; maybe this up-and-down is what the fish like, who knows ... it sure makes the fly much easier to fish than all the heavier, fast sinking flies. and the striking is also quite easy: you get a take, feel it, and strike.
anybody interested in how to tie my favorite permit fly can have a look in the fly tying pages. look for instructions for Miss P. No 2.
and yes, you have to keep these flies out of the carribean sun.
best,
Wolfgang
But knotting all those legs adds it right back!BTW do yourselves a HUGE favor and when making crabs, tarpon toads and other patterns where you use segments or yarn or fibers, get some of the EP crustacean bushs. Literally cuts 5 minutes off per fly (I'm not associated with EP in any way).
Not when you have a 10 and 13 year old that have no problem helping out, lol, but its just like knotting hopper legs, the more you do it the quicker you get at it.But knotting all those legs adds it right back!
I tied some similar crabs last week with an EP brush. It includes little wiggly rubber or silicone fibers along with the stiffer Antron or whatever it is. After I wrapped the brush, but before I trimmed the body to shape, I grabbed the fiber tips and pulled; some of the stretchy fibers stretched out in my fingers while everything else stayed in place. I pulled the stretchy ones out of the way while I trimmed the other body fibers to shape. The longer stretchy fibers make pretty good legs with a lot less fuss.