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SAND CRAB  For Sale!
Original Pattern by Ned Gray - Modified by Jim Stallings

Materials list:

Hook: Mustad 3407 8,6,4, or 2 (4 & 2 Most Popular Size)

Thread: Danville Flat Wax Nylon - Olive

Shell Back: Natural Deer Hair (Needs to be at least 2" long)

Egg Sack: Hot Orange Chenille

Medium Legs: Grizzly Marked Silicone Type

Body: Gray Chenille - Medium

Beard: Root Beer/Brown Sparkle Embroidery Thread (Sub. Crystal Flash)

Shellback coated with epoxy (Loon -Soft Epoxy, Z-Poxy, or Crystal Clear)

Fish the fly in the surf wash casting parallel to the beach. Also work it through troughs and holes on a tight line.

 

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