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EP Floating Crab
How do you tie a EP Floating Crab?
EP Floating Crab is a streamer fly pattern for saltwater. Find its 11 materials and 27 tying steps below.
- Difficulty
- 2 of 5
- Target species
- saltwater
- Pattern designer
- Enrico Puglisi
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At the vise
Materials
- Gamakatsu Sl12s #2
- Thread (6/0)
- Mono Eyes
- Ep 1" Tarantula Brush, Tan
- Claws: Ep Crab Claws
- Shell: Ep Floating Crab Bodies
- Glue: Gorilla Glue, Clear
- Glue: Locktite Gel
- Color: Bronze Sharpie
- Color: Orange Marker
- UV Resin
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Tying instructions
Secure hook in vise and start thread at the eye.
Lay down a thread base to just behind the point of the hook, between the point and the barb.
Tie in the mono eyes on the bottom of the hook shank using a figure-8 wrap.
Tie in the EP Tarantula Brush behind the eyes, exposing some of the wire.
Wrap the thread to the middle of the hook shank.
Measure the EP Crab Claws to just before the first joint on the eye.
Tie in one claw on the side of the hook.
Cut off the excess claw material.
Tie in the second claw on the opposite side of the hook.
Cut off the excess claw material.
Make a couple of wraps on the inside of each claw to help them kick out.
Advance the thread to the front of the hook.
Apply Gorilla Glue Clear to the brush.
Use hackle pliers to fold some of the brush material back.
Make the first wrap of the brush right over the eyes.
Move the claws out of the way and palmer the brush forward to the front of the hook.
Capture the brush at the front of the hook.
Whip finish the front section.
Cut off the excess brush material.
Use a bodkin to pull the fibers out to the sides behind the claws.
Apply Locktite Gel to the clean side of the EP Floating Crab Body.
Position the EP Floating Crab Body just behind the eyes, ending where the green thread is visible.
Push the fibers from the bottom into the super glue.
Trim the top of the fly to make a nice straight, even cut.
Apply Loon Flow to the thread wraps and cure with a UV light.
Color the top of the crab with a bronze Sharpie.
Add a couple of orange lines to the claws.