A great shrimp pattern from Danish island Fyn
Peter V. jensen
Cold saltwater fly
Medium
- Start the thread on the front of the hook, over the hook point
- Tie in two small grizzly hackle feathers under to hook shank
- Add a little orange dubbing over the tie-in spot
- Strip almost all bars off two grizzly hackle feathers, leaving a few in the tip
- Cut away the tip itself, leaving a small V of barbs
- Tie in on top of the shank, extending a couple of shank lengths over the hook bend
- Tie in the eyes to sit just slightly off the hook bend
- Cover the head with a very sparse tuft of Craft Fur, surrounding the top of the fly with a few tips extending almost as far as the antennae
- Strip the bottom fibres off a grizzly hackle
- Tie it in by the base right behind the head of the fly
- Dub the hook shank to a tapered shape - not too thick
- Wrap the hackle in open turns to the hook eye, making sure that the barbs point to the rear
- Cut off the excess (save the tips for later use in some other fly!)
- Whip finish and varnish
bonefish
sea trout (sea run)
| Hook | Ahrex Light Stinger, #6 (try a #4 for spring fishing!) |
| Thread | Tan, Veevus 12/0 |
| Weight | As desired |
| Mouth parts | Orange STF dubbing, two small hackle feathers from a grizzly rooster |
| Antennae | Two stripped, cut hackle stems from a grizzly rooster |
| Thorn/head | Very sparse tan Craft Fur |
| Eyes | Whatever you feel like. Here, black, medium Easy Shrimp Eyes are used |
| Palmer hackle | Grizzly rooster |
| Body | Light tan STF dubbing |
