SALTWATER - INSHORE
SHRIMP SHELL PRAWN
A very innovative prawn pattern which is adaptable for both
salt
and
freshwater use as well as being adaptable for shrimp, prawn, nipper and
yabby representations. Whilst the sieves, feelers, nippers and body are
tied in the conventional way the fly comes alive when a "SHRIMP SHELL"
is fitted over the back of the tie to finish it off. Shrimp shells are
available in clear, olive pearl, pearl, pink pearl and tan pearl and
come in sizes to suit #2, #4 and #6 flies.
The
shrimp shells also finish off a very nice
nipper.
GO TO FRESH WATER VERSIONS
SHRIMP
SHELL PRAWN
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SHRIMP
SHELL NIPPER
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MATERIALS:
Hook -
Gamakatsu
SS15/T size #2 to #6.
Thread - Clear
monofilament.
Mouthparts & feelers
- Olive super hair with a few strands of Krystal flash.
Legs - Grizzly hackle
Back, heads & eyes - shrimp shell
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MATERIALS:
Hook - Gamakatsu
SS15/T size #2 to #6.
Thread - Clear monofilament.
Mouthparts & feelers
- Pink pearl flash or Krystalflash
Claws - Fawn and pink marabou
Legs - Grizzly
hackle
Back, heads & eyes - shrimp shell |
A)
- Starting at the eye of the hook
wind the thread to the
bend of the hook.
- Tie in mouthparts and feelers about the same length
as the
shank of the hook.
- Tie in a hackle at the bend of the hook.
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B)
- Dub on a thicker thorax on the
first third of the hook
shank and then a body that gradually tapers away to the eye of the hook.
- Return the thread to the back of the thorax.
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C)
- Palmer the hackle along the
thorax making just 4 or 5
wraps.
- Tie the hackle off with the thread and trim the
excess.
- Trim off all of the hackles extending above the
horizontal
plane.
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4. Mix a little 5 minute epoxy and place a little bit along
the top of the fly. |
D)
- Crease the shrimp shell down
the centre and place
the shrimp shell into position on top of the body.
- Lock the shrimp shell in place with wraps of thread
that
follow the printed segments on the shrimp shell.
- Tie the thread off at the eye of the hook and whip
finish and trim the thread.
- Paint the top of the shrimp shell with
5 minute epoxy.
- Rotate the fly until the epoxy is almost off and then
invert the fly in the vice so that the epoxy hangs down a little from
the shell forming a nice convex shape.
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