Latest Mysis Shrimp- transparent

[DonO1]

Mysis 13- pink.jpgMysis 11.jpgSpeckled Mysis 1.jpg
My latest Mysis Shrimp: some additions

Baby Mysis 2.jpgExtended body mysis shrimp.jpg

[hairwing]

Where's the cocktail sauce...I'll eat it.

OK. how'd you do it? Or is it classified information.

[Denny]

I agree w/hairwing, looks too good to fish, more better for eatin.
Hopefully you will do not of this fly for us as a FOTW.
Very cool!!!

[DonO1]

Thanks, It's just a basic take-off of my 'juice-bug' patterns, using vinyl cement, ice dub, and clear Jelly-rope from Spirit River, tying with clear mono. Darren MAcEachern posted a tutorial for me:
http://dailyflytyer.com/2010/07/juic...ggs-don-ordes/

The shrimp is a little more advanced in materials control than the turotial sample, but it still uses the rope-dubbing technique to get the crystal ice dub compact and shaped properly with minimal time & effort. The finished fly is still soft and flexible and most of all- light. This makes it feel like a real mysys and therefore won't be spit. I've tied and fished the 'juice-bugs' for decades, but this is my 1st attemp at an extended-body mysys. Not too bad for the 1st try I think. Still room for improvements, tho.

I used to use Swannundaze a long time ago for juice-bugs, bugs that looked like you could squish them and get bug-juice on you. It was replaced by Larva-Lace D-rib. Then around 1990 we found the Jelly-rope substitute, and it's still around. I don't wrap it too often. I prefer to stack it with vinyl and weave bodies with undercolors. The vinyl penetrates the Jelly rope and underbody and fuses the whole fly as a one-piece transpatent entity, letting the hilites through. That's why tying with mono is so important. Colored thread or wire ribbing is OK with some applications and patterns, but just when it's required.

[Skip48]

Wow that is just awesome!

Skip

[kelkay]

Don that shrimp is fantastic. It looks like you used CCG or Bug Bond on it. Wow.

[jeffro]

I really like this shrimp....well done sir!

[Eight Thumbs]

Excellent use of materials. Just a super looking fly. I'd like to give it the full eight thumbs up award. 8T

[ducksterman]

Sure would like to see a step by step.

[Bass_Bug]

Jeffro,
This type of pattern is right up your ally eh?

Don, Very nice tie! Very realistic, looks like it came right out of an aquarium. I was in many swaps with Darrin E. on another 'board and still have many of his flies. Is that his "Daily Fly Paper Blog" site?