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Grass Shrimp 2/0

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Antenna: Bug legs brown FTD

Head: Back of Bucktail

Mouth & Tail : Boar hair (Tail also serves as weedguard)

Eyes: Mono melted and dipped in black powder coating then reflashed

Body: Antron tan

Egg Sac: Orange marker over antron

Shell: Clear aquarium tubing attached with 12# mono and creates segments

 

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Thanks DarrellP, FYI I revised the pattern after making a few and posted it in the pattern database.

http://www.flytyingforum.com/pattern14104.html

I eliminated the boars hair and am using bucktail.

For the tail I now use either the tip of maribou or hen hackle.

 

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Are you adding any glue at all with the tubing or it just pushes on??

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