Full Motion Shrimp
by Ken Collins - January 26, 2019

Tying on and Fixing Eyes
Tie onto hook with thread. Wrap entire straight part of hook shank with wraps of thread. Fasten bead chain eyes 2 bobbin nozzles back from hook eye. Apply head cement. (Do not crowd the eye of the hook)

Tying in Tag
Wrap thread back towards bend of hook. Pinch yarn strand between fingers non bobbin hand hold in place bend of hook on top of hook shank. Now fasten to hook at this location with numerous wraps of thread (don’t let it twist around the shank). Make it as smooth as possible.

Tying in Nose Cone
Pull wool strand hard and separate a tapered clump of fluffy wool. Find middle of clump and tie directly on top of orange tag fold other half of fluffy wool clump over so the both face same direction. These materials should half thread wraps end exactly the same place at the end of the straight part of the hook shank.

Tying Non Weighted Eyes
At the same intersection of tag and cone affix black bead chain eyes. Add a drop of glue to make sure all these materials stay in position.

Tying Antennae
Take one strand of loco leg - fold it in two and tie it into same location as previous materials. You can trim this for length later. Leave them full length for now so they stay out of the way for the rest of the tying process.

Make Dubbing Strand Loop
Lengthen thread to about 10 inches by pulling more out of bobbin. Place a finger from non bobbin hand on strand and re wrap thread over hook shank. Keep loop of the thread open for placing polar fibre strands.

Spinning Hair in Dubbing Loop
Polar fibre and craft fur come on synthetic woven skins. Remove a clump of hairs off skin making sure to keep fibres full length. Cut clump in three equal segments. Place tip portion of these fibres in between dubbing loop at the closest to hook position. Repeat for the other two clumps. Grab strands of thread with loop spinner or rotating hackle pliers and spin till all fibres of hair are twisted into a rope. Proceed to wrap hair rope around shank, while messaging hairs to lean forward - over black non weighted eyes. Only wrap this to approximately middle of hook shank. Clean up this area with a few extra wraps of thread while continuing to message hair fibres over black eyes.

Tying in Legs
Take one loco leg strand and fold in half, trim loop end to make 2 perfect legs of proper length. Find middle of these legs and tie them perpendicular to the hook - make sure they point out the sides of the fly.

Repeat Dubbing Loop Step
Make another dubbing loop and fit properly another clump of hairs with in strands. Finished fly by wrapping this dubbing rope up hook, around eyes and finish with one or two wraps between eye of hook and weighted bead chain eyes. This helps camouflage this sometimes to shiny appendage of this fly. Clean up area by pulling all hairs backwards over the fly, perform proper whip finish, trim off thread and apply a solid coat of cement. You don’t want this fly to fall apart after first cast or first fish. I have caught a dozen bonefish on the same fly on more than one occasion.