Dubloon Crab
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Instructions Below
Tier: Gil Stacy
Hook:
Tiemco 811s or DaiRiki 930ss #4 or #2.
Thread: Chartruese flat waxed nylon.
Eyes: Bead chain, or very small lead eyes.
Tail: Tan craft fur. I sometimes use hot orange
rabbit fur
instead.
Body: Gold Krystal Flash.
Notes: Heavily weighted flies are not needed in the flooded spartina where I fish. Bead chain eyes or 1/100 oz. lead eyes suffice. Weed guards are usually not needed as my casts are short and retrieves are not long. A short line plucks the fly up and out of the grass without hanging up. The Krystal Flash body does not absorb much water and does not land with the sometimes "splat" of a yarn tied Merkin.
Instructions
Step 1: Place hook in vise and tie in lead eyes just behind hook eye and advance thread to bend in hook.
Step 2: Tie in clump of tan craft fur a hook length or more past tie in point. I often use hot orange rabbit fur instead.
Step 3: Cut off six inch long hank of gold Krystal Flash, 15-20 or so strands. Do not cut into individual short hanks as they would be difficult to control.
Step 4: Lay in long hank across the rear of hook, just above tie in point of tailing material. Only a half inch or so of material will protrude past the shank on the opposite side of the shank from where you sit.
Step 5: Make a figure eight wrapping, binding the hank perpendicular to the hook shank. This is more difficult than working with yarn. Cut the hank on your side leaving a half-inch protruding towards you.
Step 6: Repeat procedure. To facilitate binding each hank ahead of the other, leave the next hank longer than the hank last tied in so that you can avoid tying down fibers from the preceding hank.
Step 7: When shank is filled with hanks, trim to shape. Mark bars on tail with permanent marker. Place head cement along shank to anchor eyes and materials. Silicone or rubber legs are optional.