The
Beauty Series continues with this new shrimp pattern that I look forward to trying out on the Miramichi this September. It shares the color scheme of my Deep Green Beauty and the Celtic Beauty, essentially a bright yellow body, a deep green tail, and claret hackling. Those two flies were successful beyond my dreams, so this shrimp pattern seems a logical extension of the color concept (click on pic to enlarge, click again to fill your screen with fly):
TAG: Oval gold tinsel to suit hook size
RIB: Same as tag
BODY: Uni Bright Yellow floss
CENTER HACKLE: Claret cock saddle
WING: Deep Green hair of your choice, a few wisps of Peacock Angel Hair
and 2 strands of pearl midge flash
FRONT HACKLE: Claret cock saddle
EYES: Jungle cock
HEAD: Black
For quick reference, here's the shrimp's antecedents:
The Deep Green Beauty:
which begat the Celtic Beauty:
which begat all these Beauties:
And just for good measure, lots o' shrimps, ready for September!
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