Glass Shrimp (Morten Hansen)

By Morten Hansen, Coastfly, submitted by Mike Cline.

Description

This is a tedious fly to tie, and my rendition is nowhere near that of the original. Getting the legs aligned is the most difficult. I've probably only ties a couple of dozen over the years, but they have proved themselves in one basic Speckled Trout scenario. Popping for specks over grass (suspending a live shrimp under a large popping cork) is a common inshore angling technique over inshore flats along the Gulf Coast. On a whim several years back, I tried suspending one of these glass shrimp ( ~ 3') under a Gurgler with an internal rattle. The results were pretty good. At least 50% of the trout were caught on the shrimp instead of the Gurgler.

Materials

• Abdomen: Web wing
• Body: Arizona Diamond Dub, Tan
• Feelers: Clear vinyl rib
• Legs: Clear vinyl rib
• Thread: 0.04 Monofilament

Hooks

• Firehole 826 1/0

Fly types: Saltwater