Picture of Yabbies from web
Some time ago, a friend send me a picture asking can I tie a Crawfish / Crayfish which locally call Yabbies
So I took my old crayfish patter - Furry foam crayfish
put in some fur and dubbing to give it bit more 'life' and action with more buggy look... replacing the chenille legs with soft sililegs which move very well when strip...
Material list :
Orvis saltwater hook size 2 - 1/0
dumbbell or bead chain depend on the size on the hook
lead wire
100lbs mono
sililegs
Centipede leg - Small
Ice pearl dubbing
Rabbit zonker
Mono eye
Furry foam
Semperfli dubbing - olive, pale blue or any colour to match
Wolf fur
waterproof markers
Loon soft head
Preparing the craws for Yabbies
Cut small pcs of Rabbit zonker, trim the fur and cut the shape of the pincer... tie it down in section as shown in the picture
Color the craws with waterproof marker to match with the species in your area.
Tying the Yabbies
Step by step picture tying instruction
Bend the hook near the eye and prepare the thread base
Tie in the beadchain or dumbbell,.. widen the hook shank with 100lbs mono
Tie in some lead wire if you need to ( depend on the hook size )
Tie in the silileg at the curve of the hook as the antenna
Tie in some UV Ice pearl dubbing and the small centipede legs ( colour red )
Turn the hook over, tie in the furry foam
Tie in the mono eye
Tie in some Semperfli dubbing pale blue or light grey
Tie in the Craws / Pincers
Tie in the legs
Dub in some dubbing to split the legs
Turn the hook over and bring the thread to the eye, tie in 2 loops with silileg
Tie down the furry foam
Tie in some Wolf fur on the head / thorax
Tie in a rubber leg and wind in dubbing on the body
Wind in the rubber legs
Now take some dubbing material to create the tail's fins
Color it with waterproof markers
Brush out some dubbing fibers
Highlight the edge with marker
The yabbies is ready.
Cheers and happy tying...
