{"product_id":"tommys-floating-crab","title":"Tommy's Floating Crab","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"I first started tying thanks to my good friend, Bob, who comes out to fish with us in Xcalak. He gave me my first fly tying materials, which I didn’t know anything about.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBob showed my wife, Yazmin, and I how to tie a crab and Yazmin put it into practice. A few days later, we sat down so she could teach me a little about it because I hadn't remembered much.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat’s where I started practicing and ideas started coming to me. I cut out the material and added colors and floating shapes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne day, a permit ate one of my creations and I was so happy because something I created fooled a permit, who can be very difficult to trick in to eating a fly. That encouraged me to keep making them, I started focusing on making more floating crabs, learning to improve my cutting, tying the legs, arranging the eyes, and shaping the crab.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLater, the addition of colors to the shell began, with a little paint. Permit like the yellow floating crab so much that to this day it’s the most successful fly I've used.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e - Signature Tyer Tommy Haas\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Umpqua","offers":[{"title":"#2","offer_id":52834290467105,"sku":null,"price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0755\/2679\/9649\/files\/Tommys-Crab__90344.jpg?v=1781195829","url":"https:\/\/www.goldenflyshop.com\/products\/tommys-floating-crab","provider":"Golden Fly Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}