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Old 05-01-2010, 07:47 PM
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I've been tying a few cruncher variants, I would be interested to see variants that have proved successful for anyone.

Here's mine;

Original
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Hotspot (my favourite variant)
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Messy Hotspot
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Any comments greatfully received.

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Like them alot

Whats the tail on the bottom 2 ???
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Old 05-01-2010, 08:00 PM
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Nice patterns mate,

My favorite JC cruncher always has a place near the top of my buzzer cast.

Jungle Cock Cruncher

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  • Hook: Size 12 B175 or similar
  • Tail: Jungle Cock Fibres dyed Golden Yellow
  • Body: Pheasant Tail Fibres
  • Rib: Fine silver wire
  • Thorax: Peacock Herl
  • Hackle: Jungle Cock dyed Golden Yellow(remaining part of eye feather)
  • Cheeks: Jungle Cock dyed Golden Yellow

Picric Cruncher

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  • Hook: Size 12 B175 or similar
  • Tail: Picric dyed cock feather
  • Body: Picric Hen Pheasant Tail Fibres
  • Rib: Fine silver wire
  • Thorax: Sunburst Peacock Herl
  • Hackle: Picric Furnace Hen
  • Cheeks: Jungle Cock dyed Golden Yellow

I have a couple of others that caught a few fish last year that I'll try and photo.

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I've posted this one before, it's a bit over dressed and the hackle is a bit long, but it's been my best cruncher of the year.

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Nice patterns guy's.

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One I've only started tying recently, quite like the look of it actually:
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think I must ahve had a shaky hand when photographing it though
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some cool patterns there lads
had a few on this one last year.
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Whats the hackle on that OO?
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