Crayfish (Fly)
Imitates crayfish (Cambarus)
Rubber-legged crayfish imitation. Stripped along the bottom for bass and big trout.
Hook sizes
in olive, tan, rust, brown
- Type
- streamer
- Imitates
- Crayfish (Cambarus)
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Technique
- strip
- Water
- freestone, stillwater
Tie it yourself
When to fish it
Summer and fall. Particularly effective for smallmouth bass.
Where to buy
More streamer patterns
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