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Golden Nugget Shrimp

Nymph · Trout · 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.

Flymen Fishing Co. dressing

  • Hook Kona Universal Strong Streamer USS hook, 2

Materials

  • Tail Rabbit strip
  • Underbody Ice wing fiber
  • Wing/Body Laser Dub
  • Body/Belly Fly Fish Food Bruiser Blend
  • Head Fish-Skull Baitfish Head, small-medium
  • Eyes Fish-Skull Living Eyes, 4 mm

How to tie it

  1. Slide a gold bead to the eye (add a few turns of lead-free wire behind it for weight) so the shrimp gets down.
  2. Tie in a small tuft of partridge fibers at the bend for tail/mouthparts, then tie in the shellback strip and the rib.
  3. Dub a plump, tapered body of golden-tan/orange sow-scud dubbing over the curved shank.
  4. Pull the shellback strip forward over the top of the body to form the segmented carapace.
  5. Counter-wrap the mono/wire rib forward in 4-5 turns over the shellback to lock it and segment the body.
  6. Tie off behind the bead and pick out the belly dubbing to suggest legs.
  7. The gold bead plus golden dubbing give the 'nugget' glow that triggers stillwater trout.

Other versions

1 more in the app: Classic Recipe.

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