Hot Spot Shrimp

[albannachxcuileag]

This is inspired by the 'Pinkie' from firefly.

 

Different method but should catch a Grayling or two for Tango!

 

Materials -

 

Hook - Fulling Mill Super Grub size 12

Thread - UTC Fluo Pink 140 denier

Abdomen 1 - fine lead wire

Abdomen 2 - White Ostrich Herl

Carapace - Thin Skin rubbed with Spice Coloured Marker

Rib - Bayer Concept 2000 7lb mono (try and find this stuff now!)

 

 

First, prepare your hook with a covering of thread

 

 

 

Wind on enough fine lead wire to give the weight you want to the fly

 

 

 

Overwind this with the thread and varnish for security

 

Apologies for blurring

 

 

Catch in the ribbing mono and the Thin Skin after making a tapered point on it

 

 

 

Next catch in your Ostrich herl

 

 

 

Wind on the herl to about the middle of the hook and then form a hot spot with the thread

 

 

 

Complete winding the herl to the head and secure with thread

 

 

 

I give the inside of the Thin Skin a wipe with the broad end of a Spice coloured Promarker to copy the 'natural' before pulling it over the body of the fly.

 

 

 

Once you have secured the Thin Skin and trimmed it then wind your mono rib up the body without trapping the herl and secure with thread.

 

 

 

Varnish the head and then the Pinkie, Shrimp, Fly is complete.

 

[ladystrange]

now that is nice and easy. i very much like that. i may have to do a few of those at my next hook & hackle meeting.

[SanJuanWorm]

That is a very cool fly. I find grayling like red up here in canada. Any fly with red.

[admin]

Excellent tutorial or SBS as you say. I love the Hot Spot patterns. I use a couple myself. I haven't tried out shrim like that, but there is a pretty common, scud pattern with an orange dot in the center.