Sand Shrimp Fly

Wow this is a great design! Hope it catches you a lot of fish! If you dare fishing such a beauty Which species did you have in mind for this fly?

You`ve captured the "look."    That `s what all strive for.  

 Hi-5.

Nice !!

If I was a fish I would bite that.

This is a teaser to run before or after a bigger fly like a Deceiver or gurgler.  I fish for striped bass in Boston Harbor and the inlets and salt marshes along the South Shore.  Sand and grass shrimp make up at least ten percent of a striped bass' diet according to our State fisheries scientists who did a very large multi year study of striper stomach contents.  

Congrats on the contest, that's one cool fly. I think it would really nail the Speckled Trout here on the gulf coast.

Again, congratulations on the contest.

Thank you to everyone who commented on my shrimp fly.  I tied my first trout and steelhead flies in 1963 at age 12.  I stopped a year or two later and began tying again last year. The driving force was the really great striper fishing in my neighborhood, more free time, and the need for a creative outlet in Winter.  I am humbled by the praise from far more experienced tiers than me and hope some of you improve upon and better yet fish this fly.