Crab
Crab Fly
Specialist rocky-shore call
Sea bassShallow
A small weighted crab pattern — natural shellback, mobile legs. The specialist call for bass rooting through rock and weed.
Fish this when
Rocky pools, boulder fields, kelp edges, Iberian rocky shores in summer. Not a first-search fly — a specific situation answer.
Why it works
Where bass are grubbing for crabs rather than chasing baitfish, nothing else works as well. The slow hop matches the natural's panic shuffle.
Naturals it imitates
small crab
Typical zone & fishable range
usually
Surface
Shallow
Subsurface
Deep
Setup sensitivity: high
Included in packs
Shrimp, prawn & crab