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Crazy Charlie Shallow

Shrimp · Bonefish · Permit · Redfish · Sea Trout · Snook · Intermediate · 2 versions

Note: This recipe has not been verified against a documented source, or disagrees with one. Treat the materials and steps as unconfirmed.

TheSlideinn dressing

  • Hook Daiichi X452, 6

Materials

  • Tail/Legs Shrimp Shrimpy Crabby Legs
  • Body Blend of UV Shrimp Pink and UV Tan Ice Dub
  • Eyes Bead chain eyes
  • Wing Hot Orange/Black over white Tiger Barred Rabbit Strips

How to tie it

  1. Start thread and tie small silver bead-chain eyes on top of the shank about one eye-length back from the hook eye; mounted on top, they flip the fly to ride hook-point up over sand.
  2. Wrap the thread to the bend and tie in a bunch of pearl Krystal Flash for the underbody, plus a strand of clear D-rib.
  3. Wrap the Krystal Flash forward to build a flashy body, cross behind and in front of the eyes, and tie off.
  4. Wrap the clear D-rib forward over the flash in evenly spaced turns for a ribbed, translucent shell, working around the eyes, and tie off at the head.
  5. Tie in a sparse calf-tail wing behind the eye so it sweeps back over the point (riding up. It hides the point in weed and sand), and add a couple strands of pearl flash.
  6. Build a neat thread head, whip finish, and add a drop of head cement.

Other versions

1 more in the app: Classic Recipe.

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