Simple Shrimp Pattern

[Neumie]

With my upcoming trip to the coast I broke out the vice to play around with some shrimp pattern. Used craft fur, marabou, Estaz Chenille for the body.

[karstopo]

Looks great! I went through a box of patterns today and wondered which ones would work well. Cracking the code, your pattern likely looks and moves just right. Fish are more subtle than maybe we realize. A feather might be more persuasive than a hammer.

[Neumie]

The second version I let the eyes stick out a little farther and tied the legs in before the Estaz. Fishing it on the trip the fly swam upside down, which wasn't an issue since I was getting strikes, so I need to tie in a larger bead chain to hopefully keep it hook point up. Really would like to avoid going to dumbbells.

[karstopo]

One idea to flip the hook point up if you’re trying to avoid the dumbbells is to do a little loop of monofilament nylon and put two or more glass beads on the loop. You could even use brass or tungsten beads.

Just an idea.