Dave's NearNuff Crayfish School w/ Allen Rupp

Ask any big Trout or Bass what it wants for dinner and the answer is often a crayfish. They are easy meals, and big fish know it. A crayfish scrambling for cover triggers a reaction strike like almost nothing else, which is exactly why a well-tied crayfish belongs in your fly box. Dave's NearNuff Crayfish has fooled Trout, Bass, Carp, Redfish, Permit, and Bonefish. Carp in particular absolutely hammer this fly, and if you have never chased Carp on a fly rod, this pattern is your excuse to start. In the salt, Permit and Bonefish take it as a Mantis Shrimp, which tells you everything you need to know about how convincing it looks in the water. If it can fool these fish, what chance do Trout and Bass have? This is a hands-on class, and the details of this pattern are what make it work, and what make it last. Allen will show you how Dave built this fly, right down to the hand-painted claws that give it life. Then he'll teach you how to work it along the bottom so it crawls and darts like the real thing, because that movement is what turns a follow into an eat. You'll walk out with a bottle of Zap-A-Gap, a one-year Trout Unlimited membership or extension, and a NearNuff Crayfish that Allen tied to Dave's exacting standards, yours to keep as the benchmark you tie against at home. More than $50 in value, and two hours that will change how you fish and tie. Twelve seats. When the fishing gets tough, this is the fly they want.