Saltwater Flies #4 - Tying The EP Shrimp

In this video Olly Thompson shows us how to tie another fantastic all round saltwater pattern for bonefish, triggerfish - his verison of the EP Shrimp. In this pattern he uses a wire brush as a short cut. Olly has had huge success with this fly during his time guiding on the various atolls in the Seychelles along with the Caribbean. He gives us a step by step in his tying process.

Materials: Hook: Gamakatsu SL 11
Eyes: Home made burnt Mono, nail varnish and UV glue
Tail: Calf's tail in tan and Krystal flash, black and hot orange. Two strands of each.
Thread: Veevus GSP 100d
Wing Material: Hareline Dubbin Scud Dub Shrimp Scud
Body material: EP streamer brush, 0.5 inches.
Legs: Chicone’s Barred Micro Crusher Legs Olive/ clear
Lead Eyes: Hareline Dubbin Nickel Plated Lead Dumbbell Eyes Size small or extra small.

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[thomastuorto]

Nice, easy to follow tie. Thank you. Hope you do some more tropical salt pattern vids. What glue do you normally use.

[markrigg]

"Let's take a material that looks about as un shrimp-like as possible and create some "shrimp" fly that looks nothing like a shrimp so we can sell a bit more material" - Enrico puglisi. It'll catch fish fine however.