I'm a bit confused about these cruncher things. Anybody care to tell me what the difference is between a cruncher and a spider? I looked up a few so called cruncher patterns on the web and one of them was pretty close to what I know as an Endrick spider, a pattern that has been on the go for a long time.
Irvine
Confused is good Irvine
I think a run of the mill cruncher these days would be along theses lines:
Hook - size 12 B175
Black thread
Tail - greenwells hen
body - pheasant tail
Rib - red wire
Cheeks - silver holo tinsel
Thorax - pheasant tail
Hackle - greenwells hen
You can also mix things up and use quill as the body or whatever else you fancy , the variants are endless and at the end of the day its just a nymph!
Cheers
Baz
