Blog - Tie a Fly — Shrimp Pattern

This Gurgler variation is low on foam with the buoyancy forward and the weight behind.  It will:  A) float low, hanging vertically from the tip of its foam lip,  or B) slowly sink tail first depending on the weight of 30lb fluorocarbon bite leader and 12lb tippet dragging it down.  Here are 2 flies tied on the same hook but the second one has a wider and longer piece of the same 3mm thick foam. The pale tan foam, craft fur and rubber legs would hard to see from a seagulls point of viewed from above a light colored sand bottom, and presumably also hard...

This shrimpified modification of the simple and effective Shminnow pattern is a shapely translucent fly made with basic materials and procedures.