Danny Williams' Shwimp
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A Great Fly For Spooky Fish
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Danny Williams' Shwimp
Danny
Williams' Shwimp fly is great for spooky fish. It resembles
a small shrimp, crab or other tasty morsel, lands softly, and
because it is tied with marabou, has a lot of natural breathing
motion. The Shwimp has taken many redfish, quite a few
sheepshead, and even giant drum. The original color for this
fly was a very light tan/cream color, however it can be tied in
brown, olive, grizzly, or any other color to suite your
needs.
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MATERIALS
Hook: 34007 #4,
with hook eye bent at 60
degrees like a jig hook.
Eyes:
Either bead chain, or small lead dumbbell eyes
(x small or micro)
Flash:
Krystal flash - pearl for light colored fly, copper when tying a
brown one.
Tail:
Marabou feathers in desired color
Hackle:
Palmered neck hackle in color to match tail
Head:
Small read craft bead, or red tying thread wrapped to form small
ball
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Instructions
1. Sharpen Hook
2. Using Pliers, or vice
bend hook shank about 3/16 of an inch behind hook eye
so that hook eye is bent toward
point at about a 60 degree angle like a jig
hook.
3. Tie in bead chain or lead
eyes on top of hook shank, near bend.
4. Tie in 2 to 4 strands of
krystal flash , extending back beyond where all other
materials will be.
5. Cut a bunch of marabou fibers
off of main stem, line up and trim butts even. Tie
butt ends of marabou in immediately
behind bead chain or lead eyes.
6. Tie the stem of a neck
hackle in right behind eyes. Palmer hackle forward
to about 1/4 inch behind hook eye.
Tie off and secure.
7. Make thread wraps,
forming a small red ball of thread, right behind hook eye.
8. Coat head with hard as
nails and fish.
1. Wrap hook shank with thread, and tie in flash material just above the bend of the hook, extending back behind hook, beyond where you think all other materials will end.
2. Arrange 2 bunches of 3 of the yellow neck hackles, and 1 of the grizzly hackles so that they splay out in opposite directions, with the grizzly hackles on the outside. Tie in on top of hook half way between eye and bend of hook.
3. Tie in red chenille over where tail feathers are tied in, make 2 to 3 wraps forward, tie off and secure.
4. Tie in 2 yellow neck hackles in front of chenille and palmer to within 1/4 inch of hook eye. Tie off and secure
5. Tie in 1 red neck hackle in front of palmered yellow hackle and palmer to hook eye. Tie off and secure
6. Whip finish head and cut thread, apply head cement or nail polish. |