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SFB SANDEEL

Another great pattern from Sweden. This time a Sandeel

Many think that it is no idea fishing for Sea-Run Brown Trouts at summertime. FALSE. If the water is not to warm, which can lead to death of the fish when drilling it unnecessary long, it’s hightime to give it a try and catch fish in perfect condition. Try it at night in the shallows or daytime in the depth. When fishing daytime be my guest to try this sandeel-pattern – it will not disappoint You. Fish it as fast as You can – Tight Lines!

You find Patrik Herlet on Instagram 

https://www.instagram.com/patrik_herlet/

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GOLIATH SHRIMP

Sometimes a big shrimp can do the trick. Despite the size, it’s transparent and not chunky. I wanted a bigger shrimp pattern with nice movement, where I can use the biggest feathers on a speycape. I decided not to palmer the hackle – the fly would have become too big and bulky – rather a rip bunches of fibers from the stem. Tying in the fibers that way gives the opportunity to give the head the shape wanted. 

You find Patrik Herlet on Instagram 

https://www.instagram.com/patrik_herlet/

MATERIALS FOR THE SHRIMP

AHREX NS 156 #4
TEXTREME Standard 6/0, Beige
Tungsten sheet
SealsFur, Fl. Orange
Blend of: SealsFur in Natural and Black (70:30)
Spey Rooster Cape, Grizzly Heron Gray (”ripped”, not pampered)
Easy Shrimp Eyes
PRO Sportfisher Flexi Skin, Clear with black dots
Raidzap UV Resin – Thin

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Mallard Shrimp

Another great shrimp from Patrik Herlet. Shrimps is at least a good cocktail on the coast after sea trouts in the spring. Or generally autumn cold months.
You will be able to find the materials for tying this amazing shrimp.

You find Patrik Herlet on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/patrik_herlet/

MATERIALS FOR THE SHRIMP

Partridge CS54 #4
TEXTREME Standard 6/0, Gray
Leadwire
Mallard Flank, Fl. Pink
Mallard Flank, Natural
Blend of Sybai Trilobal in Light Gray and Sybai Salmo Supreme in White PearlMidge Flash, Pearl
Easy Shrimp Eyes
MonoRib
PRO Sportfisher Flexi Skin, Clear
UV-Resin Medium

 

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CreeksFlies Box Head

Wanted a classic hollow style fly with a twist. Came up with the Creeks Box Head. Has alot of movement in water with some flash that bass can’t resist. Well – See this incoming fly from Brandon Creekbaum from USA.

You will find Brandon on Instagram here

https://www.instagram.com/creeks_flies/?

MATERIALS FOR THE FLY

5/0 Partridge bad boy hook
Forest green, florescent orange, florescent blue
Bucktail 
Flash
Blane chocolates body tubbing 
8mm sliver eyes 
Raidzap Thick UV resin 

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Upside Down Shrimp

Upside shrimp from Sweden. Shrimps can be made in all different colors and sizes. Shrimps is always a good first choice when looking into the fly box for seatrout in Europe. We Got this a shrimp by Ted Syhlen from Sweden this time. You will find materials on the fly at the bottom.

You Can find Ted Syhlen on his Instagram here

https://www.instagram.com/ted_syhlen/?hl=en

MATERIALS FOR THE SHRIMP

Ahrex ns 122 #6 with a bend
Tungsten sheath 
Monofilament tying thread 
Flyco stf dubbing tan
Mallard flank 
Craft fur barred
Easy shrimp eyes 
Easy shrimp legs
Pro segmentation skin
Pro markers brown
RaidZap flex

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Magic Shrimp Pink

Another great super shrimp from Denmark…….

With Pink Magic Shrimp I wanted to make an eye-catching upside down fly. It is found in the original, bound by Swedish Jonatan Ternald, in beautiful brown and green colors, but I wanted to try to make a shrimp for the winter fishing. The rubber legs give it plenty of life in the water and with the weight load of tungsten it has a good walk in the water. Again used Raidzap to attach legs and shape the body with, concluding with a thin layer on the shrimp shell.

You Can find Christian Krogh on his Instagram here

https://www.instagram.com/christiankrog36/?hl=en

MATERIALS FOR THE PINK

Hook: Ahrex Light Stinger size 4
Shrimpshield: Flyco Shrimp Back, pink, size S
Feather for tail: Pink mallard
Legs: Wapsi Stretch Rib, Small
Thread: Mono thread 0,1 mm
Eyes: Easyshrimpeyes, black
Glue: Raidzap Medium og Thin
Tail: Pink og white Super Hair
Dubbing: Fluo pink Ice dub
Antennas: Pink flash straws
Pen: Black and pink
Load: Tungsten
Rib: Pink Flatbraid

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Super Shrimp Brown

We Got these shrimps in from Christian Krogh in Denmark. He writes……

I love to tie shrimp flies, and I am very inspired by Jonatan Ternald’s shrimp flies. They are quite challenging to tie and take for me a lot of time to bind, but with a little practice and the right materials they can become very lifelike in the water. There is ample opportunity to vary the look and in this variant I have tried to make a version that comes as close to a real live shrimp as possible. The challenge is for me to put my legs firmly and at the same time be fairly straight, and with Raidzap, I glue my legs firmly with a small drop of glue and attach them to the body. When I’m happy with the location, the legs get a drop of glue more to attach them completely. In the end, there is a back skirt that is just super fat, and makes a nice finish with a thin layer of Raidzap Medium and Thin. Then it’s just off to the coast for seatrouts…..

You Can find Christian Krogh on his Instagram here

https://www.instagram.com/christiankrog36/?hl=en

MATERIALS for the Brown

Hook: Ahrex Light stinger size 4.
Shrimpshiels: Flyco Shrimp back, Tan color, size S
Dubbing for tail: Fluo Orange seal Hair and STF Dubbing Brown
Tail: Grey Mallard 
Legs: Wapsi Stretch Rib, Small
Uv: Raidzap Thick, thin
Tail: Brown and white Super Hair
Thread: Mono tråd 0,1 mm
Eyes: Easyshrimpeyes black
Pen: Brown and black
Antennas: Brown green flash straw 

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EasyLegShrimp with SealsFur

Shrimp tying by Patrik Herlet from Sweden. He made this Srimps for the swedish seatrout. Shrimp can be dangerous on the low water for sea trout. You will find materials at the bottom of the blog post.!

For the picky trouts I wanted a shrimppattern that looks more realistic. Therefore I decided to give it a rather transparent body by using seals fur in a natural color. And of course there have to be legs on a semirealistic shrimp. In order to make it simple and to spare time I used Easy Shrimp Legs 2.0 instead of messing around with siliconeribs.  As shield I used a transparent flexiskin with black dots to let the colour of the seals fur shine thru. And last but not least – I always want my flies to be durable – I gave the shield a coating of the best UV-Resin ever: RaidZap

Find Patrik on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/patrik_herlet/

MATERIALS!

– TEXTREME Standard 6/0, Beige
– Gamakatsu F314 #4
– Leadwire
– SiliconeRib 0,5mm
– SealsFur, Fl. Orange
– Blend of: SealsFur in Natural and Black (70:30)
– Arizona Seal Dubbing, Cranefly Tan
– Senyo’s Predator Wrap, Barred UV
– Easy Shrimp Eyes
– Easy Shrimp Legs 2.0, Super Fluorescent Transparent
– PRO Sportfisher Flexi Skin, Clear with black dots
– UV-Resin, @raidzap Thin

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Catskill Style Fly

Rune From Norway have sending us this little fellow on email to us. A nice little Catskill fly.. Not the easy to tie on the vice. But with the right materials you can get going on the vice with this one for Trouts…..

” Dry fly for trout and garling. It will sitt high in the water, so it can be fished in some rapid water….”

You can find Rune Fremmerlid from Norway on Instagram here
https://www.instagram.com/runefrem

MATERIALS

Tail: Fibers from whiting golden badger.
Body: UNI tinsel coverd with Raidzap thin.
Hackle: Whiting golden badger.
Wing: Mallard barred flank.
Thread: Semperfli nano silk 12/0
Hook: Ahrex FW500