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Buggy Crab

Buggy Crab
By playing with mixture of different color fibers.. you can easily tie up different type of crab pattern.. don’t need to color with marker and these synthetic fibers absorb very minimal water so make it light to cast… and moves ( alive ) in the water…
Material List:
Saltwater wide gap hook
Mixed of Baitfish and predator fibers
Mono eye
Pink ICE flash
Rubber legs
Dumbbell
Epoxy and UV resin
Step by step picture tying instruction:
 Prepare the thread base and tie in some pink ICE flash or dubbing
 Tie in a pair of rubber leg
 tie in the mono eye
 Tie in the dumbbell at the middle of the hook

 

 Tie in the pincer
 Turn over and tie in the mixture of Baitfish and predator fiber in V shape
 Then turn over and tie in the 1st pair for rubber legs
 Tie in some white color fibers ( crabs always have a white base )

 

 Turn over and tie in the 2nd layer of fibers
 Turn over and repeat the same steps, tie in rubber legs and fibers
Tie in the 3rd layer of fibers

 

 Repeat the same steps and tie in the 3rd and 4th pair of rubber legs
 Turn over and get ready for the 4th layer of fibers
 Tie in the 4th layer of fibers

 

 Trim the excess fibers
 Trim the crab… top and bottom to the shape
 view from top when it’s done
View from bottom when it’s done

 

 

Cheers and happy tying… 🙂

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