“If you know, you know. This mini crayfish jig is responsible for taking some of the largest wild trout I’ve seen from waters where a 12-14 inch fish is memorable. Created by a meticulous rod designer and fly tyer Joe Goodspeed ( @teeth_and_trout ), this pattern belongs in the “confidence flies” box. From slow-moving currents and silty bottoms to heavy pocket water, Joe’s Mini Crayfish is best fished on a tighltine/euro nymphing system with the occasional twitch and jig. Fish it directly upstream with a dead drift or even cast quartering upstream to cross-lead the pattern in front of willing participants looking for a large and easy meal scurrying past their face.”
Ingredients, Tools & Recipe
- Hook – Wapsi Super Jig Heads Plain (Sizes 6, 8, 10)
- Thread – UNI Waxed Thread (6/0 Camel)
- Weight – Hareline Lead Wire Spool (0.025)
- Antenna – Wapsi Nymph Sili Legs (Pumpkin Solid)
- Antennule – Hareline Sparkle Emerger Yarn (Clear White)
- Head/Feeding Appendages – Wapsi Beaver Dubbing (Tan)
- Head – Hareline Natural Hare’s Mask (Grade #1)
- Eyes – Enrico Puglisi Crab & Shrimp Eyes (Black)
- Claws – Hareline Life Flex (Light Olive, Copper, Tan, Brown)
- Legs – Whiting Farms Schlappen Bundles (>6 in “Plus” White dyed Tan)
- Body – Wapsi Beaver Dubbing (Tan)
- Shellback – Wapsi Fly Specks Thin Skin – (Brown/Black)
