Ingredients for Flukes Hot Head Shrimp.
Hook: Size 10 Kamasan B100G pictured - Partridge Caddis hooks - size 10/12/14 (with an up-turned eye) or Kamasan B100's, B110's or Partridge grub/shrimp hooks work just as well, as do the Mustad grub hooks (all with down turned eyes)
Silk:Tan 6/0 Uni thread - any dull/muted colour will do
Underbody: Fine lead wire
Body: Hare's ear guard hairs with a cinnamon flexibody shellback
Rib: Tying thread - see instructions
Head: Fluorescent orange floss
Tying Instructions:
Tie in thread leaving a very long (3 inches isn't too much) tag attached to the hook.
Wind in open or touching turns to the bend of the hook and part way around it. The tag end is to use as a rib later so leave it attached rather than trimming it off.
Lead the shrimp as required - leaving the tying thread at the bend.
Tie in some cinnamon flexibody and then dub the whole hook, to within a few mm's of the eye, with an even 'coat' of Hare's ear guard hair - as light in colour as possible - taking the tying thread up to the eye of the hook.
Stretch the flexibody over the hare's ear and wind one turn of the rib over it - use lots of tension to exaggerate the segmentation - the relax the flexibody while keeping the tension on the rib. Repeat in even segments to cover all the hare's ear dubbed part of the hook.
Tie in the rib close to the eye keeping as much tension as possible and tie the thread off with a three turn whip finish - fingers are preferable to leave as little bulk as possible.
Catch in the fluorescent thread at the eye and build a neat head using multiple turns - the colour is intensified with multiple wraps so more is... err... more!
Tie off and give the head a coat of a clear varnish - Hard as Nails is good for this.
Other derivatives of the same basic pattern:
Substitute crimson silk for the fluorescent floss, trim the tag end once the thread is secured on the hook and tie in the appropriate ribbing material before any of the other ingredients in both the following shrimps. Thanks to Baz Reece for the original idea and the inspiration.
Using fine silver wire as a rib
Using monofilament nylon as rib
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