Flexo Crab - Triggerfish Permit Crab Fly Tying

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The Flexo Crab is a life like crab fly tied with expandable tubing. This is not a easy fly to tie! The tubing material is difficult to work with and often resists you every step of the way. Once mastered, the Flexo Crab is a very rewarding fly to tie. It looks just like a crab!! Many permit anglers also think it feels like a crab too and is considered one of the reasons permit eat it so well. The Flexo Crab can be tied in many colors, the Sand/Beige color is my favorite, but White and Cream are also good colors. When tied in smaller sizes, the Flexo Crab also makes a good bonefish fly. A must have in any saltwater box!
Flexo Crab Fly Tying Recipe:
Hook: #3/0-04 Gamakatsu SS15
Thread: White 6/0 Veevus or Kevlar Thread
Eyes: Large Plain Lead Eyes
Body: Beige Fly Flex or E-Z Body Tubing is sizes 1/8"-3/8" (3/8" was used in video)
Eyes: Large Red or Black EP Crab Shrimp Eyes
Legs: Tan Micro Velvet Chenille (Griffin Wire Threader used in video for legs)
Glue: Epoxy and Zap A Gap Brush On (Thin Loon Fly Finished Used in Video)
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@kylemoppert3105 6 жыл бұрын

FYI - The Flexo Crab was originated by Capt Rich Whitner, New Orleans... In the early to mid-90's, Rich was an invited tyer at Federation of Fly Fishers (now Fly Fishers International) shows across the southeast where he often demo'ed this and other of his original patterns.

@YYKORG 4 жыл бұрын

Great🦀❗

@FattyMateo 4 жыл бұрын

One fish and those eyes are gone 👍

@yeaheverday 6 жыл бұрын

cannot get this fly to ride hook point up. I've tried moving the lead eyes lower and it helped a little but still flips over......

@paulmanoogian7646 4 жыл бұрын

I would try putting a bigger dumbbell weight on it. Did you ever get it resolved?

@FattyMateo 4 жыл бұрын

More lead is a cheat but you can do it. Add a second colored lead or bead chain for a hot spot to make it keel properly. More strategic options are lighter gauge hook, flatter profile, arms that come DIRECTLY off the side, use a loop knot. It can be maddening to get some patterns to ride hpu. Often seems like the best looking patterns are the hardest to get to keel properly

@FattyMateo 4 жыл бұрын

Yours needs to be much flatter than his to make it ride hpu

@daneks123 2 жыл бұрын

I have good luck with Flexo crabs for bones in super skinny water, so I never tie this heavy lead eyes. For permit you're in deeper water so heavier eyes are needed, but you don't need them for flipping the fly. Sometimes I even use med bead chain or running a couple pieces of lead wire on the underside of the shank if I am fishing for tailers. The key is having the legs and claws come out just above the mid-point (top to bottom) of the body. Maybe permit will refuse a crab like that, but bones eat them like candy. The drag on the legs will flip the fly over before it hits the bottom, and you can test it in a tall glass of water after you've tied it.