About the Pad Crawler
The Pad Crawler is a largemouth bass fly designed specifically for fishing heavy cover. The folded foam head causes the fly to dive when stripped and, more importantly, acts as a weed guard. It can be thrown into the middle of lily pads and other vegetation and, if stripped steadily, usually comes through without getting snagged.
Pad Crawler Recipe
Hook: Mustad 91768BLN Jig Hook, #2, or Ahrex TP650, #1/0
Thread: Flat Waxed Nylon, Olive
Bead: Cyclops eye, 3/16”, black nickel
Wing: Supreme Hair, olive
Wing: Arctic Goat Hair, crawdad orange
Throat: Grizzly Marabou or Chickabou feather, grizzly olive
Head/Weedguard: 2mm Thin Fly Foam, black
Head Cement: Solarez Ultra Thin Bone Dry, clear
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Tying Notes
The hooks in the recipe are ideal for the Pad Crawler, but it can also be tied on a standard stinger hook, like the Gamakatsu B10S or Mustad C52SNP-BN. The fly can be tied with or without a bead. The bead helps the weedguard to stand up, keeps the fly upright and gives you the ability to let the fly sink slowly into holes in vegetation. Without a bead the fly will stay closer to the surface.
The key to the fly is the weed guard. You can try different wing materials and lengths, wrap the body with Estaz or chenille, or change the pattern in other ways to make it what you want. In addition to the pattern shown here, I have used the same weedguard on baitfish and frog variations.
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