How to Tie: Giacobba’s Blue Claw
Imitates: shrimp, crab
Target species: bonefish, redfish
Where to fish: flats, backcountry
Notes: Our favorite redfish bug, tie in tan for bonefish
Materials from this video:
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About the fly:
Capt. Mark Giacobba’s Blue Claw instantly became our favorite tailing redfish fly after fishing it. The fly lands softly, it’s weedless, and it seems to be absolutely what the redfish are looking for when their faces are dug into seagrass. The original variation in the video is the go-to pattern, but also tying some with a purple collar and black tail (or visa versa) is a good idea for dirtier water when the fish don’t seem to be seeing the original variation well.
Helpful tools/additional materials:
Brush out underfur, clean up stray hackle and Craft Fur:
For palmering the hackle:
To flatten tie-in end of weedguard:
