yeah...same here...I coughed up all my secret infoJohn wrote:Okay Mark, still waiting on a step by step guide to tying it?
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we only want to help you make the fly famousGen 9:2 "And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered." .... even God likes Dreads....
Ok... ok... ok...
Step 1:
Put a slight bend in the hook as you would a bendback (I forgot and while shooting pictures and added the bend before the tail was added). Wrap the shank of the hook down to the bend and wrap some wire in to help the fly sink. Between the bend near the eye and the weight, this fly rides upright at all times.
Step 2: Add antennas.
Step 3: Tie in a saddle hackle and palmer back towards the eye.
Step 4: Tie in some bucktail on top of the shank letting the ends extend past the hook. I like to mix colors for different shades. Before trimming excess, fold a few hairs forward to help add bulk to the head of the shrimp.
Step 5: Tie in more bucktail for the tail and wrap finish. Dab a drop of head cement on the tail to help stiffen it up. Trim into shape. A little epoxy can be added to tail for more rigidity later.
Step 6: Trim it up and it is ready for epoxy. I add mono eyes at time of epoxy. Be careful not to let the epoxy run down into the legs, you only want it on the head and body.
ENJOY!
Step 1:
Put a slight bend in the hook as you would a bendback (I forgot and while shooting pictures and added the bend before the tail was added). Wrap the shank of the hook down to the bend and wrap some wire in to help the fly sink. Between the bend near the eye and the weight, this fly rides upright at all times.
Step 2: Add antennas.
Step 3: Tie in a saddle hackle and palmer back towards the eye.
Step 4: Tie in some bucktail on top of the shank letting the ends extend past the hook. I like to mix colors for different shades. Before trimming excess, fold a few hairs forward to help add bulk to the head of the shrimp.
Step 5: Tie in more bucktail for the tail and wrap finish. Dab a drop of head cement on the tail to help stiffen it up. Trim into shape. A little epoxy can be added to tail for more rigidity later.
Step 6: Trim it up and it is ready for epoxy. I add mono eyes at time of epoxy. Be careful not to let the epoxy run down into the legs, you only want it on the head and body.
ENJOY!
Paddles - they aren't just for the bedroom anymore.
~Mark~
~Mark~
Schweedt, looks like a nice straight forward tie.
Forgive me, but adding the mono eyes, how do you do it, exactly.
Cheated us on that last little step.
Much appreciated though, nice pictorial.
We need to make that and BFW's Dread instructional post stickies.
Rik, get on that would you please.
Forgive me, but adding the mono eyes, how do you do it, exactly.
Cheated us on that last little step.
Much appreciated though, nice pictorial.
We need to make that and BFW's Dread instructional post stickies.
Rik, get on that would you please.
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Re: Back at the tying table
That shrimp is ridiculous. Nice fly! You should get some royalties off that thing.
Wuluf
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Re: Back at the tying table
That shrimp IS ridiculous !!! Well done.Wuluf wrote:That shrimp is ridiculous. Nice fly! You should get some royalties off that thing.
Re: Back at the tying table
Great Shrimp!!!!
Alan
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Sherman said
"War is cruelty... the crueler it is, the sooner it will be over."
'Be who you are and say what you feel, because those that matter - don't mind.. and those that mind - don't matter.'
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.