In this week’s “How to Tie” video feature, Cheech from Fly Fish Food ties the perfect crawfish pattern to fool your local trophy bass or trout, the Micro Craw Slider.
Learn About This Fly:
Difficulty: Intermediate
What do trout, bass, and people all have in common? Their love for crawfish. These crustaceans may only be small snacks for us, but for fish, they offer a substantial meal that they will pursue with aggression. Trout and bass will cheerfully chase down and inhale these food items, yet they are often overlooked in angler’s fly boxes. Tie up a batch of Micro Craw Slider’s this summer and take advantage of big opportunistic fish looking to get their calories in.
Although this fly may seem intimidating to tie, it only consists of a few materials and one difficult step. Working with deer hair can be tedious and frustrating, but learning to handle with this natural material is well worth it. Ensuring you have a strong thread will save you 90% of your problems, as well as having a stacker to align the tips of the hairs. Go slow when tying the Micro Craw Slider to master the profile and you’ll be rewarded on the water without a doubt.
Depending on water depth and species, this pattern can be fished as a streamer, under an indicator, or in a tight line nymphing rig. Crawfish in rivers will drift and swim downstream in the current, which opens the door to all styles of fishing. For bass in lakes, using an intermediate line to get your fly down will make your presentation appear more natural. The Micro Craw Slider is a pattern to be fished with confidence and excitement, as each moment you are a strike away from landing the fish of the year.
Ingredients:
- Hook: Fulling Mill 6040 Streamer Stripper – 4
- Thread: SemperFli Nano Silk Ultra Fine 100D 6/0 – Black
- Eyes: Fulling Mill – Tungsten Dumbbells – Black Nickel – 3.0mm
- Legs: Senyo’s Shadow Fiber – Brown
- Legs 2 : Senyo’s Shadow Fiber – Orange
- Legs 3: Senyo’s Shadow Fiber – Kingfisher Blue
- Claws: Leech Leather – Worm Tan
- Body: Senyo’s Super Satin Chenille – 10MM – Brown
- Flash: Krystal Flash – Black
- Beard: Ice Dub – Pheasant Tail
Now you know how to tie the Micro Craw Slider!
Video and ingredients courtesy of Fly Fish Food.
Last Updated on September 19, 2025 by Zane Jeka
