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Shrimp-Beadhead

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

Reference Recipe

  • Hook curved saltwater/scud hook (e.g. TMC 811S or 2457), 6-10
  • Thread tan 8/0 (70D)

Materials

  • Bead Gold bead (5/32 in, one)
  • Antennae Tan/pearl material (few strands Krystal Flash)
  • Shellback Clear scud back thin skin (one strip scud back / Thin Skin)
  • Body dubbing Tan dubbing (small pinch shrimp/scud dubbing)
  • Rib Copper thorax stripe (fine wire, one length)

How to tie it

  1. Slide the gold bead to the eye; start thread behind it and build a small dam so the bead seats tight.
  2. At the hook bend, bind in a few strands of pearl Krystal Flash as antennae, splayed rearward about one shank length.
  3. Tie in the clear scud-back strip and the copper wire at the bend and leave both hanging.
  4. Dub a slim, slightly tapered body forward to the bead. Use half the dubbing you think.
  5. Draw the scud back over the top as a shell and bind it down behind the bead.
  6. Counter-wrap the wire 5-6 evenly spaced turns to segment the shell and lock it, then helicopter the wire to break it off.
  7. Pick out dubbing along the underside for legs, whip finish behind the bead, and add a drop of cement.

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