The Chain Gang Crayfish gets its name from the internal armature of metal bead chain that gives shape and weight to the body.
Nick Thomas
Bass bug
A little difficult
- Fix the hook fitted out with the chain armature and eyes in the vice and run on the brown thread behind the eyes.
- Tie in a length of yarn and make figure of eight wraps between the eyes and around the hook behind the eyes to form the head.
- Fold a length of red silli-leg around the thread and tie in behind the yarn underneath the hook.
- Pull the antennae forward and cover with more wraps of yarn.
- Tie in the yarn against the bead chain armature and remove the waste.
- Tie in a length of 3mm ribbon on top of the yarn just in front of the bead chain and hang it out of the way over the vice body.
- Wind the thread down to the hook eye.
- Cut a length of 12mm ribbon and melt one end near a flame.
- Wrap the ribbon around the hook shank, tie it in under the hook covering the hook eye to form the tail and trim away the waste.
- Bring the thread back up to the widest part of the body, tie in the claws on either side and trim off the waste ends.
- Take the thread halfway down towards the tail and tie in four strands of brown silli-legs across the top of the hook with figure of eight wraps.
- Pull the claws back and wind the 3mm ribbon around the head and the body in touching turns.
- Pull the claws and two legs on each side forward and add more overlapping wraps of ribbon.
- Continue wrapping the ribbon towards the tail lifting the remaining four legs and wrapping underneath.
- Tie in the ribbon at the base of the tail, trim off the waste, whip finish and varnish the thread wraps.
largemouth bass
smallmouth bass
| Hook | Dohiku HDR #8 |
| Thread | 8/0 orange and 12/0 brown |
| Eyes | Black plastic bead chain |
| Underbody | 1.5mm stainless bead chain |
| Head | Semperfli caddis brown dirty bug yarn |
| Antennae | Get Slotted red silli- legs |
| Claws | 3mm brown organza ribbon |
| Legs | Get Slotted brown silli- legs |
| Body | 3mm brown organza ribbon |
| Tail | 12mm tan organza ribbon |
