Tying a Fighting Mantis

Fighting Mantis

Material List:

Shrimp eye

Sili legs or small rubber legs

ICE burn orange dubbing

Flashabou

soft zonker fiber

Deer Creek Baitfish Fiber

Bead chain - Pink/orange/brass

Saltwater Gamakatsu SL12S size 1/0 or 1

Step by step tying instruction:

Prepare the thread base and tie in bead chain / dumbell

 Tie in some ICE dubbing at the curve of the hook

Top up some soft Zonker fiber

Tie in a pair of flashabou, then tie in the shrimp eye

Tie in a pair of rubber leg and the mono line with 3 loose pcs of bead, dub it with some ICE dubbing

Fold the mono line over and tie down

Tie in the legs and dub with some ICE dubbing material

Tie in the DC Baitfish Fiber

Wind in some dubbing

Tie in DC Baitfish fiber, then trim it

Tie in DC Baitfish fiber, then trim it

Then fold the fiber forward... Continue tie in and trim until the end... just like you stacking deer hair

Now tie the mono line at the end

Trim the fiber to the shape your like

Play with markers for your desire colour or you can also play with different Baitfish Fiber colour.. 

Cheers and Happy tying

Furry Foam Cray V3

Furry Foam Crayfish Version 3

Again, I look into re-fine this furry foam pattern... with new material from Deer Creek, the Micro Velvet rope.

Material list:

Long shank curve hook

Bead chain or lead eye if you wish to fish deeper water

Furry Foam

Micro Velvet Rope fro Deer Creek

Gray Fox hair

Sili legs and rubber legs

Hard head eye

Pink and orange Ice Dub

Flashabou

Step by step tying instruction:

Prepare the thread base

Tie in the bead chain

Tie in the furry foam

Tie in the XS rubber legs

Tie in the flashabou and someGray fox hair

tie in a pair of long Sili leg and dub in some Orange or Pink Ice Dub ( as the hot spot ), Brush out the fibers

Prepare a pair of pincer with the Micro Velvet rope

 Tie in the pincers

Tie in the eye

Apply some Ice dub and brush the fibers out

Tie in the legs

Tie in all the legs, longer to the front and shorter at the last pair

Wind in some Ice dub in between the legs and fold over the furry foam

Wind in the Chenille ( optional ) or you can use the Ice dub

Tie down the foam in sections

Figure 8 around the hook eye and the bead chain to create the fin, Whip finish

Apply some colors with markers.... Ready

Cheers and happy tying

Furry Foam Crab V3

Furry Foam Crab V3 ( version 3 )

Material List :

Gray Fox hair

Furry Foam 

ICE Dubbing - Pink

crawdad dubbing

Micro Velvet rope

Rubber Leg

Hard Head eye

Flashabou

Beadchian or Dumbell 

Saltwater hook size 4-6

Step by step tying instruction:

 Refer to Furry Crab V2, prepare the hook, tie in the beadchain and furry foam

Tie in the flashabou and a pair of rubber leg

Dub in some Pink ICE dub

 Tie in some fox hair fiber

Put in some Snowbug dubbing

 Tie in a pair of Hardhead Eye

 Tie in the pincer

Tie in the 1st pair of leg

 Tie in the rest of the legs and use some dubbing to separate the legs

 Fold over the furry foam, tie down

 Trim the foam and tie down, apply a small drop of Diamond Fine UV Resin to secure it

Some Furry Crab Version3 ready

Cheers... Happy tying