Craw Flies Are a Must-have for All Fly Anglers Chasing Everything From Bass to Trout

Rasmus Kristensson has taken this craw fly pattern to the next level by building it on a Game Changer platform. Coupling Articulated Fish-Spines with a Fish-Skull Shrimp & Cray Tail gives this craw fly pattern ultra-realistic lifelike movement in the water.

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Fly Recipe

Hook Section

• Hook: Kona Universal Strong Streamer (USS) hook, size #1
• Mouth: Fish-Skull Faux Bucktail
• Eyes: DIY Shrimp and Craw Eyes (see how this is done in our recent fly tying tutorial for the Gummy Gotcha Shrimp Fly)
• Dubbing Ball: Latera's Magnum Dubbing
  
• Antennae: Sili-Legs
  
• Head: Schlappen
  
• Pinchers: Rabbit Strips
  
• Underbody: EP Sparkle Brush
  
• Overbody: Schlappen

First Shank Section

• Shank: Fish-Skull Articulated Fish-Spine, 25 mm
• Overbody: Schlappen
• Underbody: Palmer Chenille

Second Shank Section

• Shank: Fish-Skull Articulated Fish-Spine, 20 mm
• Tail: Fish-Skull Shrimp & Cray Tail, medium
• Overbody: Schlappen
• Underbody: Palmer Chenille

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About Brian Wise:

Brian Wise is a fly fishing guide in extreme Southern Missouri. His mainstays are the wild rainbow trout and large predatory brown trout of the North Fork of the White River, but he is also a self-proclaimed smallmouth junkie and loves the seasonal striper fishing as well. He's been the head guide at River of Life Farm for over a decade and has been featured in print such as Southern Living Magazine, Outdoor Life, Fly Fisherman, Field and Stream, Rural Missouri Magazine, on television shows such as NBC’s Today Show, Outdoor Channel’s Ultimate Outdoors, several appearances on Outdoor Channel Outfitters, and is a Field Producer for Chasing Waters on the Pursuit Channel. He was a 2007 qualifier for the coveted Best of the West distance casting competition and won the Bennett Springs distance casting competition with a whopping cast of 106 feet. When Brian isn’t guiding, he is fishing with his two sons. His fly tying and fly fishing videos are quickly making their way to the top of the list, and the Fly Fishing the Ozarks Youtube Channel is the fastest growing channel in the fly fishing genre.