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Chewy's Halo Shrimp

Shrimp · Bonefish · Redfish · Sea Trout · Snook · Permit · Advanced · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Umpqua XS410 flats hook, 4
  • Thread Pink 140 denier

Materials

  • Bead Tungsten jig bomb (2.8-3.3mm) (one, mid shank on flattened mono)
  • Tail Tan carapace (arctic fox)
  • Antennae Brown/clear barred material (micro crusher legs)
  • Flash Root beer flash (Krystal Flash with UV predator wrap)
  • Mouth Pearl orange mouth (Mylar tubing, shredded)
  • Eyes Ruby (glass beads on burnt mono, one per side)
  • Body Orange permanent marker (flat diamond braid)
  • Hackle Tan hackle (one saddle, palmered)
  • Wing Tan carapace (arctic fox with root beer Krystal Flash)

How to tie it

  1. Mount the hook point-up and lock the tungsten jig bomb at mid shank on flattened mono so the fly inverts and lands soft.
  2. Start pink thread and tie in a sparse arctic fox tail at the bend, then add barred crusher-leg antennae and root beer flash behind it.
  3. Tie in a short piece of pearl orange Mylar tubing and shred the end to form the mouth.
  4. Set a ruby glass-bead eye on burnt mono to each side.
  5. Tie in a tan saddle hackle and orange diamond braid, wrap the braid forward over the bead, then palmer the hackle through it as legs.
  6. Lay a sparse arctic fox wing with a few flash strands over the back and bind behind the eye.
  7. Whip finish and seal the head with UV resin.

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