Reply To: Cratfish patterns

Bigger trout love “meat”. Yes, crayfish patterns work well for trout, especially bigger trout (Browns). Great place to get some nice crayfish flies for a good price is – Woolybugger Fly Co. Jason carries crayfish flies. I’d recommend when fishing to use a sinking tip line or a sinking leader (the poor man’s sinking tip line) and fish them slow on the bottom. Crayfish swim “backwards” so most flies will have the head/claws toward the hook end of the fly. Good choice for a fly in our streams. Give it a try and report back!!