Recently I have started looking seriously at the packaging of common products. Seems like the material to keep items fresh and attract the customer's attention would work to attract a fish's attention as well? I like potato chips, and most other chip like foods. I also like to walk across our building during the day to see something different and teachers I don't necessarily work with in my department. The end to that journey is a vending machine in the upstairs teachers lounge. Lots of chips and I guess I have a different flavor each day.All those bags sort made me think about flies. The thinking started in on the shell back of nymphs. (ie Bar B Que and Stonefly Nymphs). That then led to me pondering the crawfish. (aka Crawlfish, Crawdad, Mud Bug, and more). Call it what you like fish love to eat it. Finishing a bag chips the orange hue set me to thinking and planning. Here's what came of it.
Crawfish and Chips
Hook: #6 Bass Hook
Weight: Small Dumbell eye blk
Antenna: Mink guard hair from a yard sale fur collar.
Pincers (pinchers): Gray yarn and orange yarn.
Rib: Fine Copper wire
Shell: Sun Chips Harvest Cheddar Bag
Under-body: Gray Yarn
Amazing idea!!
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