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Well I found the right colors and gave it a shot to tie one for you. I think it can be improved on with a bigger hook and larger profile but it might work to fool a fish into thinking it was a grass shrimp.
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...assshrimp2.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...assshrimp1.jpg
The pictures are close but show them slightly darker than they are. In sunlight I think they will be very light and look very clear.
That is crazy....
Immaculate. Real talent.
Seriously, that'd tear em up here in many of my spots.
Great work, bro. Will have to learn that style one day.
Adam.
wow is that a weave or a plastic body that is added and tied on
how ever it is done it looks great, would work great in a two tone green to look like a catipillar
very nice sir
The under body is a spaghetti bead. The over body is Larva Lace.
Here are the instructions: http://www.acc.umu.se/~widmark/fly/lwcroche.html
Takes some work to make it come out right, took me about 200 ties to really get the body to become consistent. Is my fun tie and as many have pointed out, no one else ties this way so is really nice to have a unique thing in the jig and fly world.
TOATALY AWSOME!!! That is a dinner bell ringing and will slap any fish in the face! I LIKE IT!!
I am currently trying to get a small jar full to get as close as i can to the local grass shrimp to tye one and then make another and spray this stuff called UV blast on it from Bass Pro to see the differance in the water .
They look really good, nice job man! Seems like it would work well on a good sunny day
Very nice tied flies. :)
nice flies
Gook Lookers for sure!
They are heavy enough, and big enough to be used as light jigs. Not sure they would cast on light fly poles, would definitely have to duck.
I know a few places in FL that you could fill a bucket in short order with those ties. Grass shrimp is what all the "crackers" use and do very well. Very nice tie. Thanks for raising the bar yet again. Between you and skip I'll never catch up.
Those are just tedious, not difficult. Try adding those little fan things, (Pleopods?), on the belly of them ties and then they get to be flat out frustrating. Add a segmented tail and a carapace and you have a reason not tie them for anyone but yourself.
Skip will find this out, once you get the bug you have to create that one masterpiece and then you are ready to sell the stuff to tie them so you aren't tempted again. Might have to challenge skip to the ultimate crawdad tie one day. Gotta let him get better at the weave first though.
V E R Y N I C E!
You have the best weave pattern I have ever seen. I'll give it a try when I get thinks caught up.
NightProwler