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Nasty Charlie

Shrimp · Bonefish · Permit · Redfish · Intermediate · 1 version

Classic Recipe

  • Hook Mustad 34007 or Tiemco 811S, 4-8
  • Thread White or red 6/0 or 140 denier

Materials

  • Eyes Silver bead chain (1 pair)
  • Body Silver flat tinsel (1 length)
  • Overbody Clear 15 lb mono or V-Rib (1 length)
  • Wing White calf tail (originally splayed hackle tips) (1 sparse clump)

How to tie it

  1. Tie in bead-chain eyes with figure-eight wraps on top of the shank, one eye-length behind the hook eye. Bob Nauheim clipped these from a sink-tip line originally; they make the fly ride hook-up so it can be crawled across the bottom.
  2. Run the thread to the bend and tie in a length of clear mono and the silver tinsel.
  3. Wrap the tinsel forward in smooth touching turns to the eyes and tie off.
  4. Spiral the clear mono forward over the tinsel in touching turns and tie off in front of the eyes. The mono shell gives the glassy translucence of a shrimp and armors the tinsel.
  5. Invert-tie a sparse white calf tail wing in front of the eyes so it flows back over the hook point, just past the bend.
  6. Whip finish a neat head and cement.

Tying videos

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