[HayZee518]

It is nearly impossible to get water to flow or seep through clay, it just gets to be a gummy mess. Over time it will but your problem is of "the moment." It's impossible to tell the thickness of that clay layer without digging well to China, so we have to do the best we can with what's given. Gypsy is correct in digging that french drain with the gravel. I would go a little bit deeper than three feet. I would put in coarse gravel and sand mixed in followed with a finer sized gravel and sand almost to the top with topsoil over that. You can adjust the slope away from the standing water table just by placing the drain tile at a diferent angle towards the hole. Good luck!