Outstanding! What's the fuzzy underwing material, Bongoman?
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Outstanding! What's the fuzzy underwing material, Bongoman?
Love the body on that pattern! I like the way the three hackles give a decent amount of bulk, while allowing the flashy dubbing to also show well. What is that dubbing, please?
Thanks! It’s a mix of ice dubs in pearl, metallic holographic and minnow belly.Love the body on that pattern! I like the way the three hackles give a decent amount of bulk, while allowing the flashy dubbing to also show well. What is that dubbing, please?
I don’t know what it is about shrimp patterns specifically, but every single one I tie is a catastrophe.
I don’t know what it is about shrimp patterns specifically, but every single one I tie is a catastrophe.
I hear you. I’m never satisfied with how mine turn out. Something always never looks quite right with mine. I need to do sit down and do a deep dive into some videos of the folk who fish sea trout in Europe and how they tie their patterns which I really like. Here are a couple example.
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Here's a link I emailed myself least night:
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P & S Shrimp V2 - saltwater fly tying - Michael Jensens Angling
Tying SBS and Underwater footage of a Shrimp fly you can tie in a few minutes and use to fool even the smartest seatrout, sea bass or other saltwater gamefish. This is a updated version of my trusty P & S Shrimp that I tied and made video sbs on back in 2015. Seatrout love […]michaeljensens.com
I plan to tie up several of these for the March Madness swap.
Yeah my past attempts with hackles looked like crap. I like marabou and schlappen better for shrimps since they flow better to make that taper.I don’t know what it is about shrimp patterns specifically, but every single one I tie is a catastrophe.
A combination of Golden Stone Congo Hair with a touch of Salmon Orange Congo Hair mixed and brushed in as Lee Clark showed me at a fly show in Albany, OR a few years agoOutstanding! What's the fuzzy underwing material, Bongoman?
Nordic anglers ties some really nice shrimp patterns for sea trout that are very effective in PS for SRC. My favorite base pattern they tie is simple and an easy foundation to experiment off of. I’ve tied it just like in the video below but have since subbed marabou for craft fur and done away with the dubbing loops most days. Replaced with simple dubbed bodies and palmered marabou heads. I tie them with schlappen a lot as well. Really unlimited possibilities materials and color wise and they’ll all work. I don’t love fly tying so I am always looking for simpler ways to tie flies or just something different to do while at the vise. Nothing is more boring to me than mass tying flies of the same pattern. SRC are a great fish to target if you’re like that because they are so aggressive and basic shrimp patterns like this are fun because you can create lots of different looks off the same foundation that will all work. The key IMO is to get that nice tear drop profile.
Edit: they also tie some cool marine worm patterns too.
Thanks very much. I've never used Congo Hair. I'm guessing it holds its bulk, so it works with the deer hair for floatation. True?A combination of Golden Stone Congo Hair with a touch of Salmon Orange Congo Hair mixed and brushed in as Gary Clark showed me at a fly show in Albany, OR a few years ago