{"id":8252,"date":"2022-03-30T15:14:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T19:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tailflyfishing.com\/?p=8252"},"modified":"2022-04-05T22:16:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T02:16:03","slug":"boogie-crab-number-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tailflyfishing.com\/boogie-crab-number-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Boogie Crab Number 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Tie a\u00a0Boogie Crab Number 9\u00a0 Catch More Redfish<\/h1>\n<p>by John E. Wood<\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\">Slowly and silently drifting across the surface of the Texas marsh in a borrowed kayak, my \u201cbug guy\u201d mentality was showing. Nick Haxhijaj (hi-gee-eye) had just called for the second time in ten minutes, \u201cWhere are you? Get out here; there are dozens of fish tailing at the opening to the bay.\u201d His tone was urgent, as if the fish would suddenly disappear, which they sometimes do. But I was busy checking out the crabs.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VWr-5116MO8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\">I was struck by the behavior of the seemingly endless population of these energetic little crustaceans. As I drifted over them in the kayak, the majority would scramble for cover or bury themselves. The rest took on a defensive position, body elevated on eight tiny legs with claws raised toward their perceived threat. My guess is they were trying to appear larger than their 1.5-inch diameter size and letting me know they were ready to fight. The first thing that came to mind was the crabs feeding on the pipe in Disney\u2019s <i>Finding Nemo<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\">Still mesmerized, studying one from about 6 feet, the spell was broken when a sheepshead darted from several feet away and engulfed the distracted crab. Undisturbed by my presence, another sheepshead picked off another crab a few feet from the first. Just like that, the show was over. The phone rang again. It was my first time on a kayak in this marsh. Nick was getting concerned I had taken a wrong turn in the labyrinth of channels. I told him what I was up to. \u201cI\u2019m not surprised,\u201d he said. \u201cGet out here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Learn to tie the Boogie Crap Number 9\u00a0 and get the whole story\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplecirc.com\/subscribe\/tail-fly-fishing-magazine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Click Here to Subscribe<\/span><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tailflyshop.com\/collections\/back-issues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pick Up the Latest Issue<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Bio: John E. Wood is a writer, photographer, and fly designer currently living in Billings, Montana. Find his other creations at\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"http:\/\/jwoodflyfish.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jwoodflyfish.com<\/a><\/span>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Tie a\u00a0Boogie Crab Number 9\u00a0 Catch More Redfish by John E. Wood Slowly and silently drifting across the surface of the Texas marsh in a borrowed kayak, my \u201cbug&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13211,"featured_media":8237,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,29],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[765,770,582,318,4047,2589,457,2016,4243,1960,456],"class_list":{"0":"post-8252","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fly-tying","8":"category-tail-fly-fishing-magazine"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tailflyfishing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Boogie-Crab-1-copy.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tailflyfishing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tailflyfishing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tailflyfishing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tailflyfishing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13211"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tailflyfishing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8252"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tailflyfishing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8255,"href":"https:\/\/www.tailflyfishing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8252\/revisions\/8255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tailflyfishing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tailflyfishing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tailflyfishing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tailflyfishing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8252"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tailflyfishing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=8252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}