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Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 10:51
AM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Myosis Shrimp
Eric -
I fish Mysis patterns all winter long on the Frying
Pan River here in Colorado. I have two favorites - one is the Bill
Fitsimons pattern described in another reply, and one is a hybrid that I
concocted. Here's the pattern -
Hook - 200R, 18-20
Thread -
White 8/0
Antennae - guts from stuffed animal - just 10 or 12 fibers about
1/4" long (tied in protruding past hook bend - this end is the "head")
Shell Back - clear plastic
Eyes (optional) - burned mono colored black
or red
"Head" - white minnow glow dubbing
Rib - pearl flashabou
This fly is really easy to tie -
Tie on near bend, and tie in antennae
material protruding 1/4" to 3/8" past bend. Tie in 1/8" plastic strip
with excess hanging to rear. Tie in mono eyes if desired (I color half
of mine red - sometimes a hint of red does the trick on the Pan). Dub a
small head right at the bend by figure 8ing around the eyes. Pull shell
back over head (towards eye), tie down & clip. Tie in rib just in
front of head. Taper a thin body of thread to eye, wind rib to eye, tie
off, & you're done.
The rib tends to get cut fairly easily, but these flies are so simple to
tie, (and anywhere you're fishing mysis, the fish are probably going to be
huge) I'm willing to sacrifice a fly for every third fish or so. Good
Luck,
Wayne
Colorado
Eric Meredith wrote:
I'm looking for a good shrimp pattern. Does anybody know a good one on
the internet. I'm particularly interested in the Myosis Shrimp, I
think thats the right spelling of
itThanks
