By Richard Farino. Photos by Kary Via

Kary Via’s Sweet Meat Crab
Kary Via has spent years chasing these orange-tinted bulldozers in the shallows of coastal North Carolina’s marshes, and has developed a pattern that replicates the large fiddler crabs that live in these areas.
Hook: Gamakatsu SC15 #1/0.
Thread: Brown Flat Waxed Nylon
Eyes: Medium lead eye
Tail: Brown barred magnum rabbit strip, marabou to cover rear wraps
Claws: Four grizzly hackles, splayed
Legs: Pumpkin/Green Sili Legs
Body: Medium root beer palmering chenille
Weed Guard: 40-p0und hard mono