Del's Merkin Crab Fly Tying Instructions by Charlie Craven

Fly Tying Recipe:
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HOOK - TIEMCO TMC 811S #1/0-#2
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THREAD - 6/0 (CHARTREUSE)
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WEIGHT - MEDIUM LEAD DUMBBELL EYES
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TAIL - TWO WIDE ROOSTER HACKLES
(SADDLE OR CAPE - BROWN/FURNACE + A FEW STRANDS OF FLASHABOU (PEARL)
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BODY - YARN OR EP FIBERS (TAN)
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LEGS - MEDIUM ROUND RUBBER (WHITE WITH TIPS COLORED RED)
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WEEDGUARD (OPTIONAL) - 20 LB. MONO

[@termite122]

the scent is why it worked so well

[@flyfishingchannel]

Nice work!

[@brianfeeney9493]

I dated a Female Fly Tier in Montana ….. who wore a Merkin Very Similar to this Pattern !!! I HIGHLY Recommend the Effectiveness …… ✨🎣💫

[@lunkerjunkie]

you took me back to the days working in the shop while you told that Merkin story. the things I heard in there.... the unspoken understanding that people can say what they want without being censored in a fly shop is a gift.

[@Hunter711pa]

Fly tier and comedian I love it! Thanks for the video great looking pattern I’ll bet the smallmouth will like it too.

[@maknifeandrods7701]

Boy does that bring back memories. Permit, bigger ones for tarpon, redfish even caught snook on them. I would lift the tail a little and spread the feather some. And I always used epoxy instead of head cement on my saltwater flies. 30 years of saltwater fly fishing and that was one of my go to flies. Now I can’t see and I have to make # 18 flies for trout. Lol

[@realityobservationalist7290]

Your permit story reminded me of swinging for steelhead.... "the fish of a thousand casts". Before I had even caught one, I had put hours and hours of time in, many days on the water. I went one day with my girlfriend at the time, someone who didn't care about fishing at all. On her very first cast she hooked and caught a freaking steelhead. I just about quit fly fishing altogether. Thankfully I matured and moved on (from her and the incident)!!! lol

[@bigcheese8520]

I laughed out loud several times, especially “that’s about what a Merken looks like in the wild!” Really enjoy your videos.

[@JeffDriskill]

I'm thinking a guy could tie in the legs like that on a Pat's rubber legs and wrap the chenille over them. Anyone try that?

[@AzogTheDefiler56]

can you tell me which fly vise you use? thank you

[@CharliesFlyBox]

That’s my Dyna-King Professional right there. My favorite for over thirty years.

[@AzogTheDefiler56]

@@CharliesFlyBox thank you! you do awesome work! hope i can learn much from you! also i hope you deliver to austria so i can order many flys :)