Gurglar Shrimp How To

For those interested in tying the Reverse Gurglar Shrimp here is the how to, I am hoping to try this pattern this weekend

Everything Needed for the pattern

Thread Danville Cream 210

Hook Size 4 Gamakatsu B10S

Tan Marabou

Tie in 2 Hackle Feathers Rooster or Grizzly, your choice

Softex Eyes Made with 50 LB Mono

Cut the Eyes apart tying them in on opposite sides, color them black with a Sharpie

Materials used for the Body, 1 Grizzly Feather, 1 Small Piece Foam, 5 inches Cream Chenille

Tie in Chenille, I wrap once behind eyes and once in front to position the eyes

Once in front

Tie in foam piece in front of eyes, and chenille wrap

Tie in Grizzly Feather

Wrap Chenille down shank and to the eye

After the chenille, wrap the hackle to hook point

Pull the foam over and tie it down, trim to your choice of shape, I like a point or straight

Enjoy, will post videos of use

Tight Lines

Simon O

Tying the Week of January 15

Just a few pictures from this week in tying

"The Leslie", to this fly I owe everything, for it provided me with my first Redfish on the fly

Gurglin' Shrimp

Create that wake that's what this shrimp will do

Quick Divin' Shrimp

EZ Crab - Made Using EP Tarantula Wrap = Incredibly easy way to make a crab body, only thing I don't like is trimming away so much material,  can't wait to see him swim

                                                                                       

Buck Tail/EZ Pink Dub Shrimp - Wanted to try the scud body material (pink elastic under the deer hair on top), plan on tying some more this week, using shorter deer hair.

Quick Divin' Shrimp with Legs

EP Fiber Minnow

The fly line-up from this week

"The Leslie", and some EP Minnows

Gurglin' Shrimp

Swim Fish Swim

EP Fiber Minnow

I found EP Fibers about 1 year ago, I bought it and tried it out. EPIC FAIL. The minnows were FAT and floaty, just didn't work so after some lessons and some how to directions from the guys at Charleston Angler, Mad Mike, Josh, and some guy who I don't remember his name. I figured out that EP Fiber. So I figured I would provide a little bit of learned direction for those just starting out with it. No way could I take all the credit for this post. Thanks to the above guys for direction, maybe a few people can learn from my mistakes.

Hook Gamakatsu SC15 Wide Gap Sz 1 $4.25 for 12

Thread Uni Smoke Monofil (Stacks Quickly, be minimal, 2 wraps should hold) $1.99 I think

EP Fiber Blue 3D Fiber and White (LESS IS MORE) Using to much will make a FAT UGLY floaty minnow. Yes its expensive but I would guess you can tie 30 flies out of one pack at least. A pack of EP Fiber cost $8, average per fly is $0.26 for EP

I tied in a small piece of red yarn for a vein of sorts, maybe blood, which isn't necessary, very cheap item, also could use red EP Fibers, but I already had the yarn accessible. Once I tied in the yarn I started building with EP Fibers, first couple of tie-ins are longer then you start to shorten up.

The fly will be ugly until its finished atleast from my experience, and I am no pro at fly tying by any means. Maybe the pros can make it pretty from the start to finish.

Trim and shape

Add the eye and finish  16 eyes 5/32 size, $2.99 $0.40 for a pair

Total cost, not counting mono "thread" is $1, average cost for an EP Fiber minnow in your tackle shops is $5 to $6, but after you add your time of tying maybe its worth buying, I enjoy tying though, you can probably make an EP minnow in around 10 mins. Your first time trying will take you an hour.

Hope you enjoy
Simon O

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